Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, do not greet him; and if any greets you, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
And thus shall you eat it; with your garments tucked in at the waist, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S passover.
You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, so that I do not confound you before them.
And will not rather say to him, Make ready something for me to eat, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward you shall eat and drink?
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all those also who love his appearing.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I consider him, I have written briefly, encouraging, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.