1 Peter 4:7

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

The ende of all thinges is at honde. Be ye therfore discrete and sober yt ye maye be apte to prayers.

📖 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 Wherfore gyrde vp ye loynes of youre myndes be sober and trust perfectly on the grace yt is brought vnto you by the declaringe of Iesus Christ
• Jas 5:8-9 : 8 Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for ye commynge of the LORde draweth nye. 9 Grodge not one agaynst another brethre lest ye be dapned. Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore.
• 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and watch for youre adversary ye devyll as a rorynge lion walketh about sekynge whom he maye devoure:
• 1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs watch and be sober. 7 For they that slepe slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken are dronken in the nyght. 8 But let vs which are of the daye be sober armed with the brest plate of fayth and love and with hope of salvacio as an helmet.
• 2 Tim 4:5 : 5 But watch thou in all thynges and suffre adversitie and do the worke of an evangelist fulfill thyne office vnto the vtmost.
• Titus 2:12 : 12 and teacheth vs that we shuld denye vngodlynes and wordly lustes and that we shuld live sobre mynded righteously and godly in this present worlde
• Heb 10:25 : 25 and let vs not forsake the felishippe that we have amoge oure selves as the maner of some is: but let vs exhorte one another and that so moche the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye.
• Mark 14:37-38 : 37 And he cam and founde the slepinge and sayd to Peter: Simon slepest thou? Couldest not thou watche with me one houre? 38 watche ye and praye leest ye entre into temptacion: ye sprete is redy but ye flessh is weeke.
• Luke 21:34 : 34 Take hede to youre selves lest youre hertes be overcome with surfettinge and dronkennes and cares of this worlde: and that that daye come on you vnwares.
• Luke 22:46 : 46 and sayde vnto them: Why slepe ye? Ryse and praye lest ye fall into temptacion.
• Luke 21:36 : 36 Watche therfore continually and praye that ye maye obtayne grace to flye all this that shall come and that ye maye stonde before the sonne of man.
• Matt 24:13-14 : 13 But he that endureth to the ende the same shalbe safe. 14 And this gladtidingees of the kyngdome shalbe preached in all the worlde for a witnes vnto all nacions: and then shall the ende come.
• Matt 25:13 : 13 Watche therefore: for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come.
• Eph 6:18 : 18 And praye all wayes with all maner prayer and supplicacio: and yt in the sprete: and watch thervnto wt all instance and supplicacio for all saynctes
• Phil 4:5 : 5 Let youre softenes be knowen vnto all men. The LORde is even at honde.
• Col 4:2 : 2 Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thankes
• Mark 13:33-37 : 33 Take hede watche and praye for ye knowe not when the tyme ys. 34 As a man which is gone in to a straunge countrey and hath lefte hys housse and geven auctorite to his servautes and to every man hys worke and commaunded the porter to watche. 35 Watche therfore for ye knowe not when the master of ye housse will come whether at eve or at mydnyght whether at the cocke crowynge or in the daunynge: 36 lest yf he come sodenly he shuld fynde you slepynge. 37 And that I saye vnto you I saye vnto all men watche.
• 1 Pet 3:7 : 7 Lyke wyse ye men dwell with them accordinge to knowledge gevinge honoure vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessell and as vnto them that are heyres also of the grace of lyfe that youre prayers be not let.
• 2 Pet 3:9-9 : 9 The LORde is not slacke to fulfill his promes as some men cout slacknes: but is pacient to vs warde and wolde have no man lost but wolde receave all men to repentauce. 10 Neverthelesse ye daye of the LORde will come as a thefe in ye nyght in the which daye ye hevens shall perisshe with terrible noyes and the elemetes shall melt with heet and the erth with the workes that are therin shall burne. 11 Yf all these thinges shall perisshe what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conversacion and godlynes:
• Rev 16:15 : 15 Beholde I come as a thefe. Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes Lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes.
• 1 Cor 7:29 : 29 This saye I brethre the tyme is shorte. It remayneth that they which have wives be as though they had none
• 1 Cor 15:24 : 24 Then cometh the ende when he hath delivered vp ye kyngdome to God ye father when he hath put doune all rule auctorite and power.
• Matt 24:42 : 42 Wake therfore because ye knowe not what houre youre master wyll come.
• Rom 12:12 : 12 Reioyce in hope. Be paciet in tribulacion. Continue in prayer.
• Rom 13:11-12 : 11 This also we knowe I mean the season howe that it is tyme that we shuld now awake oute of slepe. For now is oure salvacion nearer then when we beleved. 12 The nyght is passed and the daye is come nye. Let us therfore cast awaye the dedes of darcknes and let vs put on the (Armoure) of lyght.
• Matt 26:38-41 : 38 Then sayd Iesus vnto them: my soule is hevy even vnto the deeth. Tary ye here and watche wt me. 39 And he went a lytell aparte and fell flat on his face and prayed sayinge: O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe from me: neverthelesse not as I wyll but as thou wylt. 40 And he came vnto the disciples and founde them a slepe and sayde to Peter: what coulde ye not watche with me one houre: 41 watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion. The spirite is willynge but the flesshe is weake.
• 1 John 2:18-19 : 18 Lytell children it is the last tyme and as ye have herde how that Antichrist shall come: even now are there many Antichristes come allredy. Wherby we knowe that it is the last tyme. 19 They went oute from vs but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs they wolde no dout have continued with vs. But that fortuned that yt myght appere that they were not of vs.