1 Peter 5:8

Modern

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Traditional

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Literal

Be sober-minded; be alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around as a roaring lion seeking whom to swallow up,

Latin

Sobrii estote, et vigilate: quia adversarius vester diabolus tamquam leo rugiens circuit, quærens quem devoret:

Greek

English

Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Peter concludes the letter with directions to:

He then gives final greetings and ends the letter (5:12–14).

Theme notes and profiles

Ephesians 6:11
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
James 4:7
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Ephesians 4:27
…and do not give the devil a foothold.
Job 2:2
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
1 Peter 1:13
Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
1 John 3:8–10
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 Thessalonians 5:6–8
So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.
Luke 21:36
So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Luke 22:31
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
Romans 13:11–13
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Titus 2:12
It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

Satan: The adversary, the devil, the tempter of humanity