1 Peter 4:7

Weymouth NT

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.

Cross References

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.«

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 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.«

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

Hebrews 9:26

In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

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.

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.

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.«)