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 sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it!'

"But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'"

And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.

And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short.

For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"

They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."

and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.'

So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

Where

Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,

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

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

The sinner

(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.)

The Lord sent you on a campaign saying, 'Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you have destroyed them.'

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him.

But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

General references

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

All these things are the beginning of birth pains.

For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?"