“Get dressed for service ¹  and keep your lamps burning; ² 

Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

when he said, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, ¹  but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, ²  but will never perceive.

He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹ 

He answered, ¹  “I tell you, if they ²  keep silent, the very stones ³  will cry out!”

So because these facts ¹  are indisputable, ²  you must keep quiet ³  and not do anything reckless. ⁴ 

making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.” ¹ 

Above all keep ¹  your love for one another fervent, ²  because love covers a multitude of sins. ³ 

If ¹  this matter is heard before the governor, ²  we will satisfy him ³  and keep you out of trouble.” ⁴ 

Whoever tries to keep ¹  his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life ²  will preserve it.

For this is God’s will: that you become holy, ¹  that you keep away from sexual immorality,

He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity. ¹ 

Do not lay hands on anyone ¹  hastily and so identify with the sins of others. ²  Keep yourself pure.

Now ¹  by this we know that we have come to know God: ²  if we keep his commandments.

For ¹  this is the love of God: ²  that we keep his commandments. ³  And his commandments do not weigh us down,

When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. ¹  And they did not know what to tell him.

The Jewish leaders ¹  surrounded him and asked, ²  “How long will you keep us in suspense? ³  If you are the Christ, ⁴  tell us plainly.” ⁵ 

But some of them said, “This is the man who caused the blind man to see! ¹  Couldn’t he have done something to keep Lazarus ²  from dying?”

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe ¹  from the evil one. ²