Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And if the righteous scarcely be saved: where shall the ungodly 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?
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?
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 is come that judgment must begin at the house of God. If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them which believe not the gospel of God? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved: where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 19 Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit their souls to him with well doing, as unto a faithful creator.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?
Luke 23:31
For if they do this to a green tree: what shall be done to the dry?"
Genesis 13:13
But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinned exceedingly against the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:18
And then the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said unto thee, 'See that thou utterly destroy those sinners, the Amalekites and fight against them until ye have utterly destroyed them.'
Psalm 1:4-5
As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 25:29
For lo, I begin to plague the city that my name is given unto: think ye then, that I will leave you unpunished? Ye shall not go quit. For why? I call for a sword upon all the inhabiters of the earth, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Ezekiel 18:24
And so if a righteous turn from his righteousness and do wickedness, and shall do like unto all the abominations which a wicked doth, shall he live? No, none of those righteousness that he did shall be remembered. But in the wickedness which he wrought, and in the sin which he did, in them shall he die.
Zechariah 13:9
And the same third part will I bring through the fire, and will cleanse them, as the silver is cleansed: Yea and try them, like as gold is tried. Then shall they call upon my name, and I will hear them: I will say, 'It is my people.' And they shall say, 'LORD, my God.'"
Matthew 24:22-24
Yea, and except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: But for the chosens' sake, those days shall be shortened.
Mark 13:20-22
And except that the Lord had should shorten those days, no man should be saved. But for the elects' sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those days.
Luke 15:1
Then resorted unto him all the publicans and sinners, for to hear him.
Acts 14:22
and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 27:24
saying, 'Fear not Paul, for thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath given unto thee all that sail with thee.'
Acts 27:31
Paul said unto the under-captain and the soldiers, "Except these abide in the ship ye cannot be safe."
Acts 27:42-44
The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners: lest any of them, when he had swum out, should flee away.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God appeareth from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men which withhold the truth in unrighteousness.
Romans 5:6
For when we were yet weak according to the time: Christ died for us which were ungodly.
Romans 5:8
But God setteth out his love that he hath to us; Seeing that while we were yet sinners; Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.
Hebrews 4:1
Let us fear, therefore, lest any of us forsaking the promise of entering into his rest, should seem to come behind.
Hebrews 10:38-39
But the just shall live by faith. And if he withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, and watch. For your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
2 Peter 2:5-6
neither spared the old world, but saved Noah, the eighth preacher of righteousness, and brought in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens verily and earth which are now, are kept by the same word in store, and reserved unto fire, against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Jude 1:15
to give judgment against all men, and to rebuke all that are ungodly among them, of all their ungodly deeds, which they have ungodly committed, and of all their cruel speakings, which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."