Parallel Verses
Weymouth New Testament
But the end of all things is now close at hand: therefore be sober-minded and temperate, so that you may give yourselves to prayer.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Holman Bible
Now the end of all things is near;
International Standard Version
Because everything will soon come to an end, be sensible and clear-headed, so you can pray.
A Conservative Version
But the end of all things has approached. Therefore be serious, and be sober for the prayers.
American Standard Version
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
Amplified
The end and culmination of all things is near. Therefore, be sound-minded and self-controlled for the purpose of prayer [staying balanced and focused on the things of God so that your communication will be clear, reasonable, specific and pleasing to Him.]
An Understandable Version
But the end of everything [as far as your lives are concerned] is near, so be sensible, and sober [so as to be] prayerful.
Anderson New Testament
But the end of all things is at hand; be sober-minded, therefore, and watchful, that you may pray.
Bible in Basic English
But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
Common New Testament
The end of all things is near; therefore be clear minded and sober for your prayers.
Daniel Mace New Testament
The consummation of all things draws nigh. be temperate, be vigilant in prayer.
Darby Translation
But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers;
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Now the end of all things has approached; be, therefore, sober, and watch to prayer.
Godbey New Testament
But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers:
Goodspeed New Testament
But the end of all things is near. Be serious and collected, therefore, and pray.
John Wesley New Testament
But the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Julia Smith Translation
And the end of all has drawn near: be ye therefore of sound mind, and live abstemiously in prayers.
King James 2000
But the end of all things is at hand: be therefore sober minded, and watch unto prayer.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
Modern King James verseion
But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be of sound mind, and be sensible to prayers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The end of all things is at hand. Be ye therefore discreet, and sober, that ye may be apt to prayers.
Moffatt New Testament
Now the end of all is near. Steady then, keep cool and pray!
Montgomery New Testament
But the end of all things is close at hand; so be sober, watch and pray.
NET Bible
For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.
New Heart English Bible
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
Noyes New Testament
But the end of all things is at hand; be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Sawyer New Testament
But the end of all things is at hand. Be sober therefore, and watch in prayers;
The Emphasized Bible
But, the end of all things, hath drawn near: - be of sound mind, therefore, and be sober for prayers;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.
Webster
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch to prayer.
Williams New Testament
But the end of everything on earth is near. So be serious and sober minded, that you may give yourselves to prayer.
World English Bible
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
Worrell New Testament
But the end of all things has drawn near; be ye, therefore, of sound mind, and be sober unto prayers;
Worsley New Testament
But the end of all things draws nigh: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer:
Youngs Literal Translation
And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
Themes
Charity » The attributes of charity
End of the world » The end of all things being at hand
Prayer » Accompanied with » Watchfulness
Prayer » Shortness of time a motive to
The second coming of Christ » Should be always considered as at hand
Topics
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Peter 4:7
Devotionals containing 1 Peter 4:7
References
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 4:7
Prayers for 1 Peter 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Serving To The Glory Of God
6 For it is with this end in view that the Good News was proclaimed even to some who were dead, that they may be judged, as all mankind will be judged, in the body, but may be living a godly life in the spirit. 7 But the end of all things is now close at hand: therefore be sober-minded and temperate, so that you may give yourselves to prayer. 8 Above all continue to love one another fervently, for love throws a veil over a multitude of faults.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
Luke 21:36
But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."
Matthew 24:13-14
but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.
Matthew 24:42
Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
Matthew 25:13
"Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Matthew 26:38-41
and He said to them, "My soul is crushed with anguish to the very point of death; wait here, and keep awake with me."
Mark 13:33-37
Take care, be on the alert, and pray; for you do not know when it will happen.
Mark 14:37-38
Then He came and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Had you not strength to keep awake a single hour?
Luke 21:34
"But take heed to yourselves, lest your souls be weighed down with self-indulgence and drunkenness or the anxieties of this life, and that day come upon you, suddenly, like a falling trap;
Luke 22:46
"Why are you sleeping?" He said; "stand up; and pray that you may not come into temptation."
Romans 12:12
full of joyful hope, patient under persecution, earnest and persistent in prayer.
Romans 13:11-12
Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.
1 Corinthians 7:29
Yet of this I warn you, brethren: the time has been shortened--so that henceforth those who have wives should be as though they had none,
1 Corinthians 15:24
Later on, comes the End, when He is to surrender the Kingship to God, the Father, when He shall have overthrown all other government and all other authority and power.
Ephesians 6:18
Pray with unceasing prayer and entreaty on every fitting occasion in the Spirit, and be always on the alert to seize opportunities for doing so, with unwearied persistence and entreaty on behalf of all God's people,
Philippians 4:5
Let your forbearing spirit be known to every one--the Lord is near.
Colossians 4:2
Be earnest and unwearied in prayer, being on the alert in it and in your giving of thanks.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
So then let us not sleep, like the rest of the world, but let us keep awake and be sober.
2 Timothy 4:5
But as for you, you must exercise habitual self-control, and not live a self-indulgent life, but do the duty of an evangelist and fully discharge the obligations of your office.
Titus 2:12
training us to renounce ungodliness and all the pleasures of this world, and to live sober, upright, and pious lives at the present time,
Hebrews 10:25
not neglecting--as some habitually do--to meet together, but encouraging one another, and doing this all the more since you can see the day of Christ approaching.
James 5:8-9
So you also must be patient: keeping up your courage; for the Coming of the Lord is now close at hand.
1 Peter 3:7
Married men, in the same way, live with your wives with a clear recognition of the fact that they are weaker than you. Yet, since you are heirs with them of God's free gift of Life, treat them with honour; so that your prayers may not be hindered.
1 Peter 5:8
Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour.
2 Peter 3:9-11
The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise, in the sense in which some men speak of slowness. But He bears patiently with you, His desire being that no one should perish but that all should come to repentance.
1 John 2:18-19
Dear children, the last hour has come; and as you once heard that there was to be an anti-Christ, so even now many anti-Christs have appeared. By this we may know that the last hour has come.
Revelation 16:15
("I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the man who keeps awake and guards his raiment for fear he walk about ill-clad, and his uncomeliness become manifest.")