1 Peter 4:18

If ‘a good person is saved only with difficulty, what will become of the godless and the sinful?’

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In The King James Version

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

In Context

17For the time has come for judgment to begin with the house of God; and, if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God’s good news?

19Therefore, I say, let those who suffer, because God wills it so, commit their lives into the hands of a faithful Creator, and persevere in doing right.

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13(But the men of Sodom were very wicked and sinned against the Lord.)

Psalms 1:4Not so fare the wicked, not so; like chaff are they, blown by the wind.

Zechariah 13:9I will bring the third into the fire, and melt it as one melts silver, and test it as one tests gold. Then they will call on my name, and I myself will answer them. I will say, “They are my people.” They will say, “The Lord is our God.”

Mark 13:20And, had not the Lord put a limit to those days, not a single soul would escape; but, for the sake of God’s own chosen people, he did limit them.

Luke 23:31If what you see is done while the tree is green, what will happen 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 →

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