1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.
Montgomery 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
8Above everything have fervent love to one another; for love veils a multitude of sins.
Cross References
Matthew 24:13"but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 25:13"Be watchful then, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Mark 13:33nor the Son, but only the Father.
Luke 21:34"But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be surcharged with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day catches 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 →