1 Peter 4:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Service, Suffering, and Judgment For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Πάντων δὲ τὸ τέλος ἤγγικεν: σωφρονήσατε οὖν, καὶ νήψατε εἰς τὰς προσευχάς.

Transliteration

But of all things the telos ēngiken: sōphronēsate therefore, and nēpsate into the proseuchas.

Grammar Details

• *telos*: nominative, neuter, singular - end/goal
• *ēngiken*: perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - has drawn near
• *sōphronēsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - be sound-minded/sensible
• *nēpsate*: aorist active imperative, 2nd person plural - be sober/alert
• *proseuchas*: accusative, feminine, plural - prayers

Word Meanings

• *telos*: end/goal/purpose/conclusion/fulfillment
• *ēngiken*: has drawn near/has approached/is at hand
• *sōphronēsate*: be sound of mind/be sensible/be self-controlled/be reasonable
• *nēpsate*: be sober/be clear-minded/be alert/be watchful

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
• Jas 5:8-9 : 8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
• 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. 7 For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. 8 But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation.
• 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
• Heb 10:25 : 25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.
• Luke 22:46 : 46 So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”
• Mark 14:37-38 : 37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,“Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour? 38 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
• Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
• Matt 25:13 : 13 Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour.
• Eccl 7:2 : 2 It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.
• Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
• Ezek 7:6 : 6 An end comes– the end comes! It has awakened against you! Look, it is coming!
• Matt 24:13-14 : 13 But the person who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
• Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert. 35 Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return– whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn– 36 or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly. 37 What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”
• Eph 6:18 : 18 With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and petitions for all the saints.
• Phil 4:5 : 5 Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near!
• Col 4:2 : 2 Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.
• 2 Pet 3:9-9 : 9 The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare. 11 Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,
• 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.
• Rev 16:15 : 15 (Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)
• Matt 24:42 : 42 “Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
• Rom 12:12 : 12 Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
• 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none,
• 1 Cor 15:24 : 24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power.
• Rom 13:11-12 : 11 Motivation to Godly Conduct And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers. 12 The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light.
• Ezek 7:2-3 : 2 “You, son of man– this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! 3 The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices.
• Matt 26:38-41 : 38 Then he said to them,“My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.” 39 Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed,“My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will.” 40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
• 1 John 2:18-19 : 18 Warning About False Teachers Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.