1 Peter 4:7

The end of all things is coming near. Therefore be of sound mind, and be sober in your thinking for the sake of 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 this purpose the gospel was preached also to the dead, so that, although they have been judged in the flesh as humans, they may live in the spirit the way God does.

8Above all things, have fervent love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to a house of mourning 2 than to a house of feasting, 1 for mourning comes to all people at the end of life, 2 so living people must take this to heart. 1

Ezekiel 7:2“You, son of man—the Lord Yahweh says this to the land of Israel.” 1 'An end! An end has come to the four borders of the land. 1

Matthew 24:13But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you do not know the day or the hour.

Mark 13:33Be alert! Watch, because you do not know what time it is. + 13:33 Some ancient authorities read: Be alert! Watch and pray .

Luke 21:34But pay attention to yourselves, so that your hearts are not burdened with the effects of drinking and intoxication, and the worries of life, and then that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.

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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