1 Peter 4:7

But the end of everything draws near. And so, be prudent, and be vigilant in your prayers.

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In The King James Version

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

In Context

6For because of this, the Gospel was also preached to the dead, so that they might be judged, certainly, just like men in the flesh, yet also, so that they might live according to God, in the Spirit.

8But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:2A good name is better than precious ointments, and a day of death is better than a day of birth.

Ezekiel 7:2“And as for you, son of man: Thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: The end is coming, the end is coming, over the four regions of the earth.

Matthew 24:13But whoever will have persevered until the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 25:13And so you must be vigilant, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Mark 13:33Take heed, be vigilant, and pray. For you do not know when the time may be.

Luke 21:34But be attentive to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts may be weighed down by self-indulgence and inebriation and the cares of this life. And then that day may overwhelm you suddenly.

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:5-7

Comfort of the Servants of God. ( a. d. 66.) 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. I. Here you have the visible change wrought in those who in the foregoing verse were represented as having been in… Read the whole commentary →

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