Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. New Living Translation The end of the world is coming soon. Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers. English Standard Version The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Berean Standard Bible The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray. Berean Literal Bible Now the end of all has drawn near. Therefore be clear-minded and be sober for the purpose of prayers, King James Bible But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. New King James Version But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. New American Standard Bible The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. NASB 1995 The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. NASB 1977 The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. Legacy Standard Bible The end of all things is at hand; therefore, be of sound thinking and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. Amplified Bible 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.] Christian Standard Bible The end of all things is near; therefore, be alert and sober-minded for prayer. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now the end of all things is near; therefore, be serious and disciplined for prayer. American Standard Version But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: Contemporary English Version Everything will soon come to an end. So be serious and be sensible enough to pray. English Revised Version But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: GOD'S WORD® Translation The end of everything is near. Therefore, practice self-control, and keep your minds clear so that you can pray. Good News Translation The end of all things is near. You must be self-controlled and alert, to be able to pray. International Standard Version Because everything will soon come to an end, be sensible and clear-headed, so you can pray. Majority Standard Bible The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can 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 serious and disciplined in your prayers. Webster's Bible Translation But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch to prayer. 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. World English Bible But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionNow the end of all things has come near; be sober-minded, then, and be sober in [your] prayers. Berean Literal Bible Now the end of all has drawn near. Therefore be clear-minded and be sober for the purpose of prayers, Young's Literal Translation And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers, Smith's Literal Translation And the end of all has drawn near: be ye therefore of sound mind, and live abstemiously in prayers. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut the end of all is at hand. Be prudent therefore, and watch in prayers. Catholic Public Domain Version But the end of everything draws near. And so, be prudent, and be vigilant in your prayers. New American Bible The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be serious and sober for prayers. New Revised Standard Version The end of all things is near; therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut the end of all things is at hand: be devout therefore, and be mindful of prayer. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The end of all things has arrived, therefore sober up and wake up to prayer. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentBut the end of all things is at hand; be sober-minded, therefore, and watchful, that you may pray. Godbey New Testament But the end of all things is at hand. Therefore be prudent, and sober unto prayers: Haweis New Testament But the end of all things is near: be ye therefore sober-minded, and vigilant in prayers. Mace New Testament The consummation of all things draws nigh, be temperate, be vigilant in prayer. 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. 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: Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Living for God's Glory…6That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. 7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray. 8Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.… Cross References Matthew 24:42-44 Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come. / But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. / For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect. Luke 21:34-36 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. / For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth. / So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.” Romans 13:11-12 And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. / The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. / For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. / But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation. James 5:8-9 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. / Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door! Revelation 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. 1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on the alert. Stand firm in the faith. Be men of courage. Be strong. Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints. Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing. 2 Peter 3:10-11 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare. / Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness Mark 13:33 Be on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come. Philippians 4:5-6 Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near. / Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Hebrews 10:25 Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 1 John 2:18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour. Treasury of Scripture But the end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and watch to prayer. the end. Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? Ezekiel 7:2,3,6 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land… ye. 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; 1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober… and. 1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. Matthew 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. Matthew 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Jump to Previous Behaviour Clear Close Drawn End Hand Judgment Mind Minded Prayer Prayers Purpose Sane Self-Controlled Serious Sober Sober-Minded Sound Spirit Temperate Watch Watchful YourselvesJump to Next Behaviour Clear Close Drawn End Hand Judgment Mind Minded Prayer Prayers Purpose Sane Self-Controlled Serious Sober Sober-Minded Sound Spirit Temperate Watch Watchful Yourselves1 Peter 4 1. He exhorts them to cease from sin and live fore God,12. and comforts them against persecution. The end of all things is near This phrase serves as a powerful reminder of the eschatological focus of early Christianity. The Greek word for "end" is "telos," which implies not just cessation but fulfillment or completion. The early Christians lived with an acute awareness of the imminent return of Christ, which shaped their ethical and spiritual lives. Historically, this urgency was fueled by the persecution they faced and the teachings of Jesus about the signs of the end times. The phrase calls believers to live with a sense of purpose and readiness, understanding that their time on earth is temporary and should be spent in faithful service to God. Therefore be clear-minded and sober so that you can pray (7) The end of all things is at hand.--Or, hath come nigh; the same word (for instance) as in Matthew 4:17; Matthew 26:46. It is but a repetition in other words of 1Peter 4:5, inserted again to give weight to all the exhortations which follow. Probably, if St. Peter had thought the world would stand twenty centuries more, he would have expressed himself differently; yet see 2Peter 3:4-10. Be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.--These words sum up the cautions given in 1Peter 4:1-6, before passing on to the next subject. The first verb includes more than sobriety, and means the keeping a check upon all the desires. The usual notion of sobriety is more exactly conveyed in the word rendered "watch," which is the same as in 1Peter 1:13 and 1Peter 5:8. "Unto prayer" is a slip for unto prayers; the difference is that it does not mean that we are to be always in frame to pray, but that actual prayers should be always on our lips: every incident in life should suggest them. They would be especially necessary if any moment might see the end of the world. The tense of the imperatives in the Greek carries out the notion that the persons addressed had slipped into a careless state, from which they needed an arousal. . . . Verse 7. - But the end of all things is at hand. The mention of the judgment turns St. Peter's thoughts into another channel. The end is at hand, not only the judgment of persecutors and slanderers, but the end of persecutions and sufferings, the end of our great conflict with sin, the end of our earthly probation: therefore prepare to meet your God. The end is at hand: it hath drawn near. St. Peter probably, like the other apostles, looked for the speedy coming of the Lord. It was not for him, as it is not for us, "to know the times or the seasons" (Acts 1:7). It is enough to know that our own time is short. When St. Peter wrote these words, the end of the holy city, the center of the ancient dispensation, was very near at hand; and behind that awful catastrophe lay the incomparably more tremendous judgment, of which the fall of Jerusalem was a figure. That judgment, we know now, was to be separated by a wide interval from the dale of St. Peter's Epistle. But that interval is measured, in the prophetic outlook, not by months and years. We are now living in "the last times" (1 Timothy 4:1; 1 John 2:18). The coming of our Lord was the hennaing of the last period in the development of God's dealings with mankind; there is no further dispensation to be looked for. "Not only is there nothing mere between the Christian's present state of salvation and the end, but the former is itself already the end, i.e. the beginning of the end" (Schott, quoted by Huther). Be ye therefore sober; rather, self-restrained, calm, thoughtful. The thought of the nearness of the end should not lead to excitement and neglect of common duties, as it did in the case of the Thessalonian Christians, and again at the approach of the thousandth year of our era. And watch unto prayer; rather, be sober unto prayers. The word translated "watch" in the Authorized Version is not that which we read in our Lord's exhortation to "watch and pray." The word used here (νήψατε) rather points to temperance, abstinence from strong drinks, though it suggests also that wariness and cool thoughtfulness which are destroyed by excess. The Christian must be self-restrained and sober, and that with a view to perseverance in prayer. The aorist imperatives, perhaps, imply that St. Peter's readers needed to be stirred up (2 Peter 1:13; 2 Peter 3:1), to be aroused from that indifference into which men are so apt to fall. The exhortation to persevere in watchfulness would be expressed by the present.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Theτὸ (to) Article - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. end τέλος (telos) Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular Strong's 5056: (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax. of all [things] Πάντων (Pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. is near. ἤγγικεν (ēngiken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1448: Trans: I bring near; intrans: I come near, approach. From eggus; to make near, i.e. approach. Therefore οὖν (oun) Conjunction Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly. be clear-minded σωφρονήσατε (sōphronēsate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4993: To be of sound mind, be sober-minded, exercise self-control. From sophron; to be of sound mind, i.e. Sane, moderate. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. sober, νήψατε (nēpsate) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 3525: (lit: I am sober), I am calm (vigilant), circumspect. Of uncertain affinity: to abstain from wine, i.e. be discreet. so εἰς (eis) Preposition Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. you can pray. προσευχάς (proseuchas) Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Strong's 4335: From proseuchomai; prayer; by implication, an oratory. 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