"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" — 1 Peter 4:18

1 Peter 4:18 · KJV

“And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”

— 1 Peter 4:18

For the time {is come} that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if {it} first {begin} at us, what shall the end {be} of them that obey not the gospel of God?

Verse 19

Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls {to him} in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

1 Peter 4 — Context

Yet if {any man suffer} as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

For the time {is come} that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if {it} first {begin} at us, what shall the end {be} of them that obey not the gospel of God?

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls {to him} in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, {and} doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked {man} doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Luke 23:31

For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?

2 Peter 2:5-6

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth {person}, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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 ungodly committed, and of all their hard {speeches} which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

1 Corinthians 10:12

Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

Acts 14:22

Confirming the souls of the disciples, {and} exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 10:38-39

Now the just shall live by faith: but if {any man} draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.