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The Lexham Research Commentary is your starting point for study and research. It surveys all the relevant literature on a passage and brings the summary back to you. This guide summarizes a broad range of views on a particular passage—views you may or may not agree with, but in all cases, views you will encounter as you critically study the text. A complete introduction to each literary unit in...

While most modern translations render the first phrase of 1 Peter 1:13 as something along the lines of “preparing your minds for action” (ESV), a fascinating word-picture lies at the background of this phrase. The KJV captures this image in the translation “gird up the loins of your mind.” In ancient society, both men and women generally wore robes or tunics. Although equestrian “nomadic herders” from China wore pants as early as ca. 1,000 BC (see
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