1 Peter 4:18
And if the just man will scarcely be saved, where will the impious and the sinner appear?
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 13:13But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
Psalms 1:4Not so the impious, not so. For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 25:29For behold, I am beginning to afflict the city in which my name has been invoked, and will you be innocent and immune? You will not be immune! For I will call the sword over all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 13:9And I will lead the third part through fire, and I will burn them just as silver is burned, and I will test them just as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will heed them. I will say, “You are my people.” And they will say, “The Lord is my God.”
Mark 13:20And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would be saved. But, for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days.
Luke 23:31For if they do these things with green wood, what will be done with the 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 →