1 Peter 4:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Judgment

Luke 12:47

And if

Luke 23:31

What

General references

Proverbs 11:31

Matthew 24:8

Luke 23:31

Bible References

Judgment

But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”

For I am already bringing disaster on the city that bears My name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.

“For this is what the Lord says: If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not remain unpunished, for you must drink it too.

Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the older women and little children, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

And that slave who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it will be severely beaten.

And if

For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

What

Then He proceeded to denounce the towns where most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent:

I tell you, on that day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that town.

For if the message spoken through angels was legally binding

and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment,

to Jesus (mediator of a new covenant), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel.

General references

If the righteous will be repaid on earth,
how much more the wicked and sinful.

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All these events are the beginning of birth pains.

For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”