1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
In Context
8Above all, love one another deeply, because love will cover over a multitude of sins.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
Ezekiel 7:2“O son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel: ‘The end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.
Matthew 24:13But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Matthew 25:13Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour when the Son of Man comes.
Mark 13:33Be on your guard, stay alert, and pray! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
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 →