They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down or when she got up.
1 Peter 4:7 - Y'all Version Bible The end of all things is near. Therefore y’all are to be self-controlled and sober-minded for prayer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the end and culmination of all things has now come near; keep sound minded and self-restrained and alert therefore for [the practice of] prayer. American Standard Version (1901) But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer: Common English Bible The end of everything has come. Therefore, be self-controlled and clearheaded so you can pray. Catholic Public Domain Version But the end of everything draws near. And so, be prudent, and be vigilant in your prayers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the end of all is at hand. Be prudent therefore, and watch in prayers. |
They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down or when she got up.
God said to Noah, “I will bring an end to all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Watch, I will destroy them and the earth.
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 should take this to heart.
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will y’all do at the end of it?
An end has come. The end has come! It awakes against you. Look, is coming!
Therefore, y’all must stay alert, for y’all don’t know on what day your* Lord is coming.
“Therefore, y’all must watch carefully for y’all don’t know the day nor the hour.
“But y’all be careful, or y’all’s hearts will be weighed down with intoxication, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, and that day will come down on y’all unexpectedly like a trap.
But y’all be watchful at all times, praying that y’all may be counted worthy to escape all that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Humanity.”
He said to them, “Why are y’all sleeping? Y’all get up and pray so that y’all won’t fall into temptation.”
Then the end comes, when he will deliver the empire to God the Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
But I say this, siblings, the time is short. From now on, those who have women should be as though they had none;
Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and be watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints.
But you are to be sober-minded in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and accomplish your deacon-work.
instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires, and to live moderately, righteously, and reverently in this present age,
not forsaking our own meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another all the more as y’all see the Day approaching.
Otherwise he would have to suffer over and over again since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Therefore, tightening a belt around y’all’s thoughts and being fully sober-minded, set your* hope fully on the grace that will be brought to y’all at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Husbands, in the same way, y’all should dwell together with y’all’s wives in an understanding way, showing them honor as a weaker vessel and as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
Y’all be sober-minded and alert. Y’all’s adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
“Look, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps their clothes on, so that they don’t walk naked and have people see their shame.”