1 Peter 4:18
And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 13:13Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
Psalms 1:4The evil-doers are not so; but are like the dust from the grain, which the wind takes away.
Jeremiah 25:29For see, I am starting to send evil on the town which is named by my name, and are you to be without any punishment? You will not be without punishment: for I will send a sword on all people living on the earth, says the Lord of armies.
Zechariah 13:9And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
Mark 13:20And if the Lord had not made the time short, no flesh would have been kept from destruction; but because of the saints he has made the time short.
Luke 23:31For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will they do when it is dry?
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 →