1 Peter 4:7 · KJV
“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.”
— 1 Peter 4:7
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.
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}
1 Peter 4 — Context
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
6For 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.
7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}
9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Cross References
James 5:8-9
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
1 Peter 1:13
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and {so} that day come upon you unawares.
2 Timothy 4:5
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}
Hebrews 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some {is}; but exhorting {one another}: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Colossians 4:2
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
Therefore let us not sleep, as {do} others; but let us watch and be sober.
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