Meant Quotes
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Live the New Life 1:13. Men wore long robes and would tuck them into their belt, and thus “gird up their loins,” so they could move more freely and quickly. Although the image also occurs elsewhere in the *Old Testament, here Peter may specifically allude to the Passover (Ex 12:11): once God’s people had been redeemed by the blood of the lamb (1 Pet 1:19), they were to be ready to follow God forth until he had brought them safely into their inheritance (cf. 1:4), the Promised Land. Thus they were to be dressed and ready to flee. “Sobriety” in ancient usage meant not only literal abstinence from drink but also behaving as a nonintoxicated person should, hence with dignified self-control. 1:14
Craig S. Keener
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So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.
Mother Maribel
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These words were small and they only meant what they said, not how they felt before he said them. He nearly wept with the frustration of it.
Catherynne M. Valente
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The way I see it," she continued, "is that some things are just meant to be the way they are.
Sarah Dessen
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I try to maintain the perspective that life is meant to be laughed at.
Nicholas Brendon
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None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.
Sarah Dessen
