Parallel Verses
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?
Darby Translation
And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall the impious and the sinner appear?
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 it is time that the judgment begins from the house of God; and if it first begins with us, what shall the end be of those that do not obey the gospel of God?
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Cross References
Proverbs 11:31
The righteous shall certainly be recompensed in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Luke 23:31
For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
1 Samuel 15:18
And the LORD sent thee on a journey and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners of Amalek and fight against them until they are consumed.
Psalm 1:4-5
The ungodly are not so but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Jeremiah 25:29
For, Behold, I begin to bring evil upon the city which is called by my name, and should ye only be absolved? Ye shall not be absolved, for I bring the sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, said the LORD of the hosts.
Ezekiel 18:24
But if the righteous should leave his righteousness and commit iniquity, and do according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned; by his rebellion in which he has trespassed and by his sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will put the third part into the fire and will refine them as silver is refined and will try them as gold is tried; He shall call on my name, and I will hear him; I will say, My people, and he shall say, The LORD is my God.
Matthew 24:22-24
And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Mark 13:20-22
And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved, but for the elect's sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened those days.
Luke 15:1
Then all the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to remain in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 27:24
saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar; and, behold, God has given thee all those that sail with thee.
Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Acts 27:42-44
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out and escape.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of men, who hold back the truth with injustice;
Romans 5:6
For the Christ, when we were yet weak, in his time died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:8
But God increased the price of his charity toward us in that while we were yet sinners the Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Hebrews 4:1
Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Hebrews 10:38-39
Now the just shall live by faith, but if any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
1 Peter 5:8
Be temperate and vigilant because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour,
2 Peter 2:5-6
and if he did not forgive the old world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven other persons, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 Peter 3:7
but the heavens, which are now, and the earth are conserved by the same word, kept unto the fire in the day of judgment and of perdition of the ungodly men.
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have unfaithfully committed and of all the hard words which the unfaithful sinners have spoken against him.