Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Holman Bible
what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?
International Standard Version
"If it is hard for the righteous person to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and sinful person?"
A Conservative Version
And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the irreverent and sinful man appear?
American Standard Version
And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
Amplified
And if it is difficult for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the godless and the sinner?
An Understandable Version
And if people who are trying to do right [i.e., Christians] are saved through [suffering] such difficulties, where will the ungodly and sinful person end up, [if not in hell]?
Anderson New Testament
And if the righteous man is hardly saved, where shall the ungodly man and the sinner appear?
Bible in Basic English
And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?
Common New Testament
And "if it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the godless man and the sinner?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
if the virtuous escape with difficulty, what will become of impious transgressors?
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
And, if the righteous with difficulty escape, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear!
Godbey New Testament
And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Goodspeed New Testament
If it is hard for the upright man to be saved, what will become of the godless and sinful?
John Wesley New Testament
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Julia Smith Translation
And if the just one with difficulty be saved, where shall the irreligious and sinful appear
King James 2000
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if the righteous are saved with difficulty, {what will become of the ungodly and the sinner}?
Modern King James verseion
And if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if the righteous scarcely be saved: where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Moffatt New Testament
If the just man is scarcely saved, what will become of the impious and sinful?
Montgomery New Testament
If the righteous man is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
NET Bible
And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?
New Heart English Bible
"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"
Noyes New Testament
and "if the righteous scarcely is saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
Sawyer New Testament
And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
The Emphasized Bible
And, if, the righteous man, is, with difficulty, saved, where then shall, the ungodly and sinful man, appear?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And if the righteous man is hardly saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Twentieth Century New Testament
If 'a good man is saved only with difficulty, what will become of the godless and the sinful?'
Webster
And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Weymouth New Testament
And if it is difficult even for a righteous man to be saved, what will become of irreligious men and sinners?
Williams New Testament
And if it is hard for the upright man to be saved, what will become of the godless and sinful?
World English Bible
"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"
Worrell New Testament
And, if the righteous, with difficulty, is saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?
Worsley New Testament
And if the righteous be saved with difficulty, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Youngs Literal Translation
And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner -- where shall he appear?
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 4:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Sharing The Sufferings Of Christ
17 For the time of having the judgment begin from the house of God is come; but if first from us, what shall be the end of those who obey not the glad tidings of God? 18 And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:31
Behold, the righteous shall be requited on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.
Luke 23:31
for if these things are done in the green tree, what shall take place in the dry?
Genesis 13:13
And the people of Sodom were wicked, and great sinners before Jehovah.
1 Samuel 15:18
And Jehovah sent thee on a way and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
Psalm 1:4-5
The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Jeremiah 25:29
For behold, I begin to bring evil on the city that is called by my name, and should ye be altogether unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Ezekiel 18:24
And when the righteous turneth from his righteousness and practiseth what is wrong, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered: in his unfaithfulness which he hath wrought, and in his sin which he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will answer them: I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.
Matthew 24:22-24
and if those days had not been cut short, no flesh had been saved; but on account of the elect those days shall be cut short.
Mark 13:20-22
and if the Lord had not cut short those days, no flesh should have been saved; but on account of the elect whom he has chosen, he has cut short those days.
Luke 15:1
And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
Acts 14:22
establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 27:24
saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted to thee all those that sail with thee.
Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these abide in the ship ye cannot be saved.
Acts 27:42-44
And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.
Romans 1:18
For there is revealed wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety, and unrighteousness of men holding the truth in unrighteousness.
Romans 5:6
for we being still without strength, in the due time Christ has died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:8
but God commends his love to us, in that, we being still sinners, Christ has died for us.
1 Corinthians 10:12
So that let him that thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.
Hebrews 4:1
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed of it.
Hebrews 10:38-39
But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.
1 Peter 5:8
Be vigilant, watch. Your adversary the devil as a roaring lion walks about seeking whom he may devour.
2 Peter 2:5-6
and spared not the old world, but preserved Noe, the eighth, a preacher of righteousness, having brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 Peter 3:7
But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment against all; and to convict all the ungodly of them of all their works of ungodliness, which they have wrought ungodlily, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.