sober minded
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8Be sober and vigilant. For your adversary, the devil, is like a roaring lion, traveling around and seeking those whom he might devour.
7But the end of everything draws near. And so, be prudent, and be vigilant in your prayers.
13For this reason, gird the waist of your mind, be sober, and hope perfectly in the grace that is offered to you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
2Therefore, it is necessary for a bishop to be beyond reproach, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, gracious, chaste, hospitable, a teacher,
6Exhort young men similarly, so that they may show self-restraint.
2Old men should be sober, chaste, prudent, sound in faith, in love, in patience.
12instructing us to reject impiety and worldly desires, so that we may live soberly and justly and piously in this age,
18And do not choose to be inebriated by wine, for this is self-indulgence. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit,
6Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober.
2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.