Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 4:7
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7. Resuming the idea in :- . the end of all things —and therefore also of the wantonness ( 1 Peter 4:3 ; 1 Peter 4:4 ) of the wicked, and of the sufferings of the righteous [BENGEL]. The nearness meant is not that of mere "time," but that before the Lord; as he explains to guard against misapprehension, and defends God from the charge of procrastination: We live in the last dispensation, not like the Jews under the Old Testament. The Lord will come as a thief; He is "ready" ( 1 Peter 4:5 ) to judge the world at any moment; it is only God's long-suffering and His will that the Gospel should be preached as a witness to all nations, that induces Him to lengthen out the time which is with Him still as nothing. sober —"self-restrained." The opposite duties to the sins in 1 Peter 4:5- : are here inculcated. Thus "sober" is the opposite of "lasciviousness" ( 1 Peter 4:5- : ). watch — Greek, "be soberly vigilant"; not intoxicated with worldly cares and pleasures. Temperance promotes wakefulness or watchfulness, and both promote prayer. Drink makes drowsy, and drowsiness prevents prayer. prayer — Greek, "prayers"; the end for which we should exercise vigilance. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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