1 Peter 4:7

But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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 gospel preached to those that are dead, that they might be judged indeed in the flesh according to the will of men, but live in spirit according to the will of God.

8But above all things have fervent love towards each other: for love will conceal a multitude of faults.

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Cross References

Matthew 24:13But he that endureth to the end, that man will be saved.

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh.

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

Luke 21:34But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts should be overloaded with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the anxious cares of life, and that day should 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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