1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and sinner appear?
Literal Standard 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 13:13and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before YHWH exceedingly.
Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked: But [they are] as chaff that wind drives away!
Jeremiah 25:29For behold, in the city over which My Name is called, || I am beginning to bring ruin, || And are you entirely acquitted? You are not acquitted, for I am proclaiming a sword, || For all inhabitants of the land,” || A declaration of YHWH of Hosts.
Zechariah 13:9And I have brought the third into fire, || And refined them like a refining of silver, || And have tried them like a trying of gold, || It calls in My Name, and I answer it, || I have said, It [is] My people, || And it says, YHWH [is] my God!”
Mark 13:20and if the LORD did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He chose to Himself, He shortened the days.
Luke 23:31for if they do these things in the green tree, what may happen 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 →