Watch therefore, for you do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.
1 Peter 4:7 - English Majority Text Version Now the end of all things is at hand; therefore be of sound mind and self-controlled in your prayers. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
Watch therefore, for you do not know in what hour your Lord is coming.
"Watch therefore, for you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.
"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.
Watch therefore, praying always that you may be counted worthy to escape everything that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."
Then He said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise up and pray, lest you enter into temptation."
rejoicing in hope, enduring in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
Then will be the end, when He hands over the kingdom to God, even the Father, when He abolishes every ruler and every authority and power.
But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened; so that from now on even those having wives should be as though they had none,
through every prayer and petition, praying in every season in the Spirit, being watchful to this same thing with all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints--
Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
You however be watchful in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves, just as is the custom for some, but exhorting one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
since it would have been necessary for Him to suffer often from the foundation of the world; but now, once at the consummation of the ages, He has been revealed for the removal of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.
Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, stay sober, put your hope fully in the grace brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Husbands, likewise, live together according to knowledge as with a weaker vessel, with the wife, showing her honor as also a fellow heir of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.
Be sober, be watchful; your adversary the devil walks about as a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour.
Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and guards his garments, lest he should walk naked and they should see his shame."