1 Peter 4:18 BSB — MannaFest

1 Peter 4:18

And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

ON THE JUDGMENT OF GOD (379)

When I see Moses asking for forgiveness and not obtaining it, when I see him considered unworthy of pardon because of his few words, spoken against the rock in anger, in spite of his many good deeds, I truly realize what the severity of God is like and am persuaded that these words of the apostle are true.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And the open sinner appear - In that day of vengeance. The salvation here primarily spoken of is of a temporal nature. But we may apply the words to eternal things, and then they are still more awful.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

31 , Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner? This the LXX. translates exactly as the apostle here quotes it. Hence we may learn, [1.] The grievous sufferings of good people in this world are sad presages of much heavier judgments coming upon impenitent sinners.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3047: “If So—what Then?” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1907)

SOME people suppose that it is a very easy thing to be saved, but our Lord said, "Strive ("Agonize" is the original word) to enter in at the strait gate, for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in and shall not be able." When men hear a simple Gospel sermon of which the pith and marrow is the great soul-saving message, "Believe and live," they say, "If it is such a simple matter, will not all believe?"

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The "scarcely" marks the severity of the ordeal, and the unlikelihood (in a mere human point of view) of the righteous sustaining it; but the righteousness of Christ and God's everlasting covenant make it all sure. ungodly--having no regard for God; negative description. sinner--loving sin; positive; the same man is at once God-forgetting and sin-loving. appear--in judgment.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
δίκαιος	dikaios	righteous [one]	G1342 →
μόλις	molis	with difficulty	G3433 →
σῴζεται,	sōzetai	is saved,	G4982 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἀσεβὴς	asebēs	ungodly	G765 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἁμαρτωλὸς	hamartōlos	sinner	G268 →
ποῦ	pou	where	G4226 →
φανεῖται;	phaneitai	will appear?	G5316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G1342dikaiosrighteous [one]79×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 11:31
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:17–18
  For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:29
  For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword…
- 1 Corinthians 11:30–32
  That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
Through
Ezekiel 18:24
But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of…
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:18
  If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
- Proverbs 21:16
  The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
- 2 John 1:8
  Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
- Ezekiel 33:12–13
  Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him…
- Revelation 3:11
  I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

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Where the connections lead

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