1 Peter 4:18

and if the just hardly is-being-saved, where[?] the undevoted[adjective] and sinful will-reveal-self[?],

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17that the season [is] of{the} to-initiate/be-initiated the judge-effect/judgment from of{the house} of{the God}; moreover, if first from of{us}, what[?] the finish of{the[plural] being-unpersuaded/stubborn/noncompliant} to{the good-message} of{the God}[?],

19such-as also the[plural] suffering according-to the will-effect of{the God}, to{faithful creator}: [they:] be-being-placed-beside the lives of{sameselves} in to{beneficial-do-ia}.

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Cross References

Mark 13:20and if not [the] Lord curtails the days, not supposing every flesh is-saved; contrariwise, through the chosen, whom he-chooses, he-curtails the days,

Luke 23:31that if in to{the moist/wet wood} they-are-doing the-same, in to{the dry/withered} what[?] may-become[?]"

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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