1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is at hand. Be therefore sober, and watch unto prayer;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 to this end was the good news preached also to those who are dead, that they might indeed be judged according to men in the flesh, but may live according to God in the spirit.

8but above all things having your love toward one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins;

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Cross References

Matthew 24:13But he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.

Matthew 25:13Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour!

Mark 13:33Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is.

Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares.

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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