1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come that judgment must begin at the house of God; and if it begin first at us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18And if the righteous man is hardly saved, where shall the ungodly man and the sinner appear?
Cross References
Matthew 11:20Then he began to reprove the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.
Luke 12:47And that servant who knew his lord’s will, but made no preparation, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
Romans 2:9affliction and distress, upon every soul of man that practices what is evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek:
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:13-19
Fortitude and Circumspection; Advice to Suffering Christians. ( a. d. 66.) 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part… Read the whole commentary →