1 Peter 4:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅτι ὁ καιρὸς τοῦ ἄρξασθαι τὸ κρίμα ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ: εἰ δὲ πρῶτον ἀφʼ ἡμῶν, τί τὸ τέλος τῶν ἀπειθούντων τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ εὐαγγελίῳ;

Transliteration

Because the kairos tou arxasthai to krima apo tou oikou tou Theou: and if first from us, what the telos tōn apeithountōn to the of Theou euangeliō?

Grammar Details

• *kairos*: nominative, masculine, singular - time/season/appointed time
• *tou arxasthai*: genitive articular aorist middle infinitive - of the beginning
• *krima*: accusative, neuter, singular - judgment
• *oikou*: genitive, masculine, singular - house/household
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God
• *telos*: nominative, neuter, singular - end/outcome
• *apeithountōn*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, plural - of those disobeying
• *euangeliō*: dative, neuter, singular - to gospel/good news

Word Meanings

• *kairos*: time/appointed time/proper time/season
• *krima*: judgment/sentence/decision
• *apeithountōn*: disobeying/being unpersuaded/disbelieving/refusing to believe

Referenced Verses

• 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
• Jer 25:29 : 29 For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Rom 2:9 : 9 tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
• Ezek 9:6 : 6 slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.
• Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
• Matt 3:9-9 : 9 and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Matt 11:20-24 : 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities where most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted unto heaven? you shall go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in thee, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
• Luke 10:12-14 : 12 I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. 13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment, than for you.
• Luke 12:47-48 : 47 And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; 48 but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. And to whomsoever {G3739} much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.
• Luke 23:31 : 31 For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
• Heb 12:24-25 : 24 and to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better than [that of] Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not when they refused him that warned [them] on earth, much more [shall not] we [escape] who turn away from him that [warneth] from heaven:
• Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Isa 10:12 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
• Gal 5:7 : 7 Ye were running well; who hindered you that ye should not obey the truth?
• Heb 2:2 : 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;
• Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.
• Heb 5:9 : 9 and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;
• Heb 11:8 : 8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
• Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?
• Jer 49:12 : 12 For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.