Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
"If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?"
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?
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 has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who do not obey the Good News of God? 18 "If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?" 19 Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:31
Behold, the righteous shall be repaid 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 will be done in the dry?"
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:18
and the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until you have destroyed them.'
Psalm 1:4-5
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Jeremiah 25:29
For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth,"' says the LORD of hosts.
Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die.
Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' and they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'"
Matthew 24:22-24
Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened.
Mark 13:20-22
Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
Acts 27:24
saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.'
Acts 27:31
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these stay in the ship, you cannot be saved."
Acts 27:42-44
The soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,
Romans 5:6
For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:8
But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let him who thinks he stands be careful that he does not fall.
Hebrews 4:1
Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
Hebrews 10:38-39
But my righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
2 Peter 2:5-6
and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a proclaimer of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Jude 1:15
to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him."