1. Be watchful
13 Be watchful . . . 1 Corinthians 16:13 (ESV)

31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears. Acts 20:31 (ESV)

42 Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. Matthew 24:42 (ESV)

8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 (ESV)

14 Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. 15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. Proverbs 4:14-15 (ESV)

2. Be steadfast
13 . . . stand firm in the faith . . . 1 Corinthians 16:13 (ESV)

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” Daniel 3:16-18 (ESV)

12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12 (ESV)

3. Be courageous
13 . . . act like men . . . 1 Corinthians 16:13 (ESV)

11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Ephesians 4:11-14 (ESV)

4. Be strong
13 . . . be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 (ESV)

16 . . . he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, Ephesians 3:16 (ESV)

5. Be loving
14 Let all that you do be done in love. 1 Corinthians 16:14 (ESV)

35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:35 (ESV)