بطرس الأولى 4:7
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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Study Note
The announcement that 'the end of all things is at hand' followed by the exhortation to be 'sober, and watch unto prayer' makes eschatological urgency the ground for present-tense sobriety and intercession. The 'end' (telos) language in 1 Peter 4:5-7 participates in the early church's consistent sense of living in the final era of history — Acts 2:17 ('in the last days'), Hebrews 1:2 ('in these last days'), and 1 John 2:18 ('it is the last time') share the same temporal self-understanding. The connection of eschatology to prayer reflects a consistent NT pattern: Matthew 26:41 ('watch and pray'), Luke 18:1 ('men ought always to pray, and not to faint'), Revelation 8:3-4 (the prayers of the saints at the eschatological altar) all link apocalyptic awareness to intensified prayer. The verse's placement immediately before the section on suffering (verses 12-19) suggests that eschatological sobriety is the pastoral antidote to surprise at fiery trials.
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But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
And of all things the end hath come nigh; be sober-minded, then, and watch unto the prayers,
But the end of all things is near: so be serious in your behaviour and keep on the watch with prayer;
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