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1 Peter 4:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The end of all things is near;  therefore, be alert and sober-minded  for prayer.

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Therefore, with your minds ready for action,  be sober-minded  and set your hope  completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation  of Jesus Christ.


Be sober-minded,  be alert.  Your adversary the devil  is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour.


But as for you, exercise self-control in everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist,  fulfil your ministry.


‘Be on your guard,   so that your minds are not dulled   from carousing,   drunkenness,   and worries of life,   or that day will come on you unexpectedly


not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other,  and all the more as you see the day approaching.


Devote yourselves  to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.


instructing us to deny godlessness  and worldly lusts  and to live in a sensible, righteous,  and godly  way in the present age,


An end has come; the end has come! It has awakened against you. Look, it is coming!


Rejoice in hope;  be patient in affliction;  be persistent in prayer.


Let your graciousness  be known to everyone. The Lord is near.


‘Why are you sleeping? ’ he asked them. ‘Get up and pray, so that you won’t fall into temptation.’


‘Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed   is the one who is alert and remains clothed   , so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame.’


Husbands,  in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner,  showing them honour as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.


Pray  at all times in the Spirit  with every prayer and request, and stay alert  with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.


Then comes the end,  when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father,  when he abolishes all rule and all authority and power.


This is what I mean, brothers and sisters: The time is limited,  so from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none,


Therefore be alert, since you don’t know what day   your Lord is coming.


The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?


But be alert at all times,   praying that you may have strength   to escape   all these things that are going to take place and to stand before the Son of Man.’


‘Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.


It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.


Then God said to Noah, ‘I have decided to put an end to every creature, for the earth is filled with wickedness because of them; therefore I am going to destroy them along with the earth.


Otherwise, he would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once, at the end of the ages,  for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.


That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.





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