(A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore (B)be self-controlled and sober-minded (C)for the sake of your prayers.

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You also, be patient. (A)Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord (B)is at hand. Do not grumble against one another, brothers, (C)so that you may not be judged; behold, (D)the Judge is standing (E)at the door.

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Called to Be Holy

13 Therefore, (A)preparing your minds for action,[a] and (B)being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 1:13 Greek girding up the loins of your mind

As for you, (A)always be sober-minded, (B)endure suffering, do the work of (C)an evangelist, (D)fulfill your ministry.

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(A)Be sober-minded; (B)be watchful. Your (C)adversary the devil (D)prowls around (E)like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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25 (A)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and (B)all the more as you see (C)the Day drawing near.

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Watch Yourselves

34 “But watch yourselves (A)lest (B)your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and (C)cares of this life, and (D)that day come upon you suddenly (E)like a trap.

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Further Instructions

(A)Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it (B)with thanksgiving.

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12 training us to renounce ungodliness and (A)worldly passions, and (B)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in (C)the present age,

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So then (A)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (B)keep awake and (C)be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, (D)are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, (E)having put on the breastplate of (F)faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

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37 And he came and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch one hour? 38 (A)Watch and (B)pray that you may not (C)enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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(A)An end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes.

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Let your reasonableness[a] be known to everyone. (A)The Lord is at hand;

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 4:5 Or gentleness

12 (A)Rejoice in hope, (B)be patient in tribulation, (C)be constant in prayer.

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46 and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and (A)pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

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18 praying (A)at all times (B)in the Spirit, (C)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, (D)keep alert with all perseverance, making (E)supplication for all the saints,

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24 Then comes the end, when he delivers (A)the kingdom to God the Father after destroying (B)every rule and every authority and power.

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11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you (A)to wake from sleep. (B)For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. 12 (C)The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us (D)cast off (E)the works of darkness and (F)put on the armor of light.

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15 (“Behold, (A)I am coming like a thief! (B)Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, (C)that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”)

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(A)The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise (B)as some count slowness, but (C)is patient toward you,[a] (D)not wishing that any should perish, but (E)that all should reach repentance. 10 But (F)the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then (G)the heavens will pass away with a roar, and (H)the heavenly bodies[b] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.[c]

11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, (I)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Peter 3:9 Some manuscripts on your account
  2. 2 Peter 3:10 Or elements; also verse 12
  3. 2 Peter 3:10 Greek found; some manuscripts will be burned up

36 But (A)stay awake at all times, (B)praying that you may (C)have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and (D)to stand before the Son of Man.”

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33 (A)Be on guard, (B)keep awake.[a] For you do not know when the time will come. 34 (C)It is like a man (D)going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants[b] in charge, (E)each with his work, and commands (F)the doorkeeper to stay awake. 35 (G)Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, (H)in the evening, or (I)at midnight, or (J)when the rooster crows,[c] or (K)in the morning— 36 lest (L)he come suddenly and (M)find you asleep. 37 And what I say to you I say to all: (N)Stay awake.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts add and pray
  2. Mark 13:34 Or bondservants
  3. Mark 13:35 That is, the third watch of the night, between midnight and 3 a.m.

42 Therefore, (A)stay awake, for you do not know on what day (B)your Lord is coming.

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13 (A)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom (B)will be proclaimed throughout the whole world (C)as a testimony (D)to all nations, and (E)then the end will come.

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Warning Concerning Antichrists

18 Children, (A)it is the last hour, and as you have heard that (B)antichrist is coming, so now (C)many antichrists have come. (D)Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 (E)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (F)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (G)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

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