1 Peter 4:18

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Summary

1 Peter 4:18

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

If

Where

The sinner

General references

Proverbs 11:31

Matthew 24:8

Luke 23:31

Bible References

If

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

For behold, I am beginning to work calamity in this city which is called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the Lord of hosts.’

“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

“And I will bring the third part through the fire,
Refine them as silver is refined,
And test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
And I will answer them;
I will say, ‘They are My people,’
And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days.

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

strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.”

saying, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.’

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.

Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.

But My righteous one shall live by faith;

And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

Where

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

The sinner

Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the Lord.

and the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.’

Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

General references

If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth,
How much more the wicked and the sinner!

But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

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