1 Peter 4:17
For it is the time when judgment will commence with the house of God: and if it commence with us, what will be the end of those who obey not the gospel of God?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
18And if the righteous scarcely liveth, where will the ungodly and the sinner be found!
Cross References
Matthew 11:20Then began Jesus to reproach the cities, in which his many deeds of power were wrought, yet they repented not.
Luke 12:47And the servant that knew his lord's pleasure, and did not prepare for him according to his pleasure, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Romans 2:9And tribulation and anguish will be to every man that doeth evil; to the Jews first, and also to the Gentiles:
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 →