Therefore, prepare your minds for action,{Literally, "gird up the loins of your mind"} be sober and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ--
be sober: Christians must exercise mental self-control (Acts 26:25); they must "be calm and collected in spirit; to be temperate, dispassionate, circumspect" (Thayer 425-2-3525). In this word, we learn the Christian attributes of maintaining soberness of mind and restraint of temper.