1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
World English 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
8And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
Ezekiel 7:2“You, son of man, the Lord GOD says to the land of Israel, ‘An end! The end has come on the four corners of the land.
Matthew 24:13But he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for you don’t know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
Mark 13:33Watch, keep alert, and pray; for you don’t know when the time is.
Luke 21:34“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on 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 →