1 Peter 4:18
And if indeed the Tzaddik is saved with difficulty, where will appear the man without chasidus [in Moshiach], the rashah and the choteh? + 4:18 See quoted Prov 11:31
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 ra'im and chatta'im before Hashem exceedingly.
Psalms 1:4The Resha'im are not so, 1 but are like the chaff which the ruach driveth away. 1
Jeremiah 25:29For, hinei, I begin to bring ra'ah on the Ir which is called by My Shem, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a cherev upon all the inhabitants of ha'aretz, saith Hashem Tzva'os.
Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the one-third through the eish, 1 and will refine them as kesef is refined, 1 and will test them as zahav is tested; 1 they shall call biShmi (on My Name), and I will hear them; 1 I will say: This is My people; 1 and they shall say: Hashem is Elohai.
Mark 13:20And unless Hashem makes those yamim shortened, no one would be delivered in the Yeshu'at Eloheinu. But for the sake of the Bechirim, whom Hashem chose, he shortened the yamim.
Luke 23:31Because if while an etz (tree) is green they do these things, what may happen when it is dry? + 23:31 Ezek 21:3
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 →