1 Peter 4:18
And if the just man shall scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 13:13And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure.
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 25:29For behold I begin to bring evil on the city wherein my name is called upon: and shall you be as innocent and escape free? you shall not escape free: for I will call for the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.
Mark 13:20And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh should be saved: but for the sake of the elect which he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Luke 23:31For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in 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 →