1 Peter 4:7

And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,

Young's Literal Translation

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 for this also to dead men was good news proclaimed, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in the flesh, and may live according to God in the spirit.

8and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:2Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth [it] unto his heart.

Ezekiel 7:2An end, come hath the end on the four corners of the land.

Matthew 24:13but he who did endure to the end, he shall be saved;

Matthew 25:13'Watch therefore, for ye have not known the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man doth come.

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

Luke 21:34'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,

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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