1 Peter 4:18

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if the righteous scarcely bee saued, where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare?

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  • Prov 11:31 : 31 Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?
  • Luke 23:31 : 31 For if they doe these things to a greene tree, what shalbe done to the drie?
  • Ezek 18:24 : 24 But if the righteous turne away from his righteousnes, & commit iniquitie, and doe according to all the abominations, that the wicked man doeth, shall he liue? all his righteousnes that he hath done, shall not be mentioned: but in his transgression that he hath committed, and in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them shal he die.
  • 2 Pet 2:5-6 : 5 Neither hath spared the olde worlde, but saued Noe the eight person a preacher of righteousnesse, and brought in the flood vpon the world of the vngodly, 6 And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrhe into ashes, condemned them and ouerthrewe them, and made them an ensample vnto them that after should liue vngodly,
  • 2 Pet 3:7 : 7 But the heauens and earth, which are nowe, are kept by the same word in store, and reserued vnto fire against the day of condemnation, and of the destruction of vngodly men.
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 To giue iudgement against al men, and to rebuke all the vngodly among them of all their wicked deeds, which they haue vngodly committed, and of all their cruel speakings, which wicked sinners haue spoken against him.
  • Ps 1:4-5 : 4 The wicked are not so, but as the chaffe, which the winde driueth away. 5 Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.
  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, and watch: for your aduersarie the deuil as a roaring lyon walketh about, seeking whom he may deuoure:
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will bring that third part thorowe the fire, and will fine them as the siluer is fined, and will trye them as golde is tryed: they shall call on my Name, and I will heare them: I will say, It is my people, and they shall say, The Lorde is my God.
  • Matt 24:22-24 : 22 And except those dayes should be shortened, there should no flesh be saued: but for the elects sake those dayes shalbe shortened. 23 Then if any shall say vnto you, Loe, here is Christ, or there, beleeue it not. 24 For there shall arise false Christes, and false prophets, and shall shewe great signes and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceiue the very elect.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Confirming the disciples hearts, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through many afflictions enter into the kingdome of God.
  • Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Feare not, Paul: for thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath giuen vnto thee freely all that sayle with thee.
  • Rom 1:18 : 18 For the wrath of God is reueiled from heauen against all vngodlinesse, and vnrighteousnesse of men, which withhold the trueth in vnrighteousnesse.
  • Rom 5:6 : 6 For Christ, when we were yet of no strength, at his time died for the vngodly.
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 Wherefore, let him that thinketh he standeth, take heede lest he fall.
  • Heb 4:1 : 1 Let vs feare therefore, least at any time by forsaking the promes of entring into his rest, any of you should seeme to be depriued.
  • Heb 10:38-39 : 38 Nowe the iust shall liue by faith: but if any withdrawe himselfe, my soule shall haue no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not they which withdrawe our selues vnto perdition, but follow faith vnto the conseruation of the soule.
  • Acts 27:31 : 31 Paul sayde vnto the Centurion and the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye can not be safe.
  • Acts 27:42-44 : 42 Then the souldiers counsell was to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when he had swomme out, should flee away. 43 But the Centurion willing to saue Paul, stayed them from this counsell, and commaunded that they that coulde swimme, shoulde cast them selues first into the sea, and goe out to land: 44 And the other, some on boardes, and some on certaine pieces of the ship: and so it came to passe that they came all safe to land.
  • Mark 13:20-22 : 20 And except that the Lorde had shortened those dayes, no flesh shoulde be saued: but for the elects sake, which he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes. 21 Then if any man say to you, Loe, here is Christ, or, lo, he is there, beleeue it not. 22 For false Christes shall rise, and false prophets, and shall shewe signes and wonders, to deceiue if it were possible the very elect.
  • Luke 15:1 : 1 Then resorted vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners, to heare him.
  • Jer 25:29 : 29 For loe, I beginne to plague the citie, where my Name is called vpon, and shoulde you goe free? Ye shall not goe quite: for I will call for a sword vpon al the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lorde of hostes.
  • Gen 13:13 : 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and exceeding sinners against the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 15:18 : 18 And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them.
  • Rom 5:8 : 8 But God setteth out his loue towards vs, seeing that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for vs.

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    16 But if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not bee ashamed: but let him glorifie God in this behalfe.

    17 For the time is come, that iudgement must beginne at the house of God. If it first beginne at vs, what shall the ende be of them which obey not the Gospel of God?

  • 19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit their soules to him in well doing, as vnto a faithfull Creator.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5 Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.

    6 For the Lorde knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish.

  • 2 Pet 2:8-9
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    8 (For he being righteous, and dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soule from day to day with their vnlawfull deedes.)

    9 The Lorde knoweth to deliuer the godly out of tentation, and to reserue the vniust vnto the day of iudgement vnder punishment.

  • 31 Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?

  • 24 But if the righteous turne away from his righteousnes, & commit iniquitie, and doe according to all the abominations, that the wicked man doeth, shall he liue? all his righteousnes that he hath done, shall not be mentioned: but in his transgression that he hath committed, and in his sinne that he hath sinned, in them shal he die.

  • 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous iudgement of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdome of God, for the which ye also suffer.

  • Rom 3:5-6
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    5 Now if our vnrighteousnes comend the righteousnes of God, what shal we say? Is God vnrighteous which punisheth? (I speake as a man.)

    6 God forbid: els how shal God iudge ye world?

  • 15 If any mans worke burne, he shall lose, but he shalbe saued himselfe: neuerthelesse yet as it were by the fire.

  • 6 Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • 46 And these shall goe into euerlasting paine, and the righteous into life eternall.

  • 7 Remember, I pray thee: who euer perished, being an innocent? or where were the vpright destroyed?

  • 3 And thinkest thou this, O thou man, that condemnest them which doe such thinges, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?

  • 1 Pet 4:4-5
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    4 Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

    5 Which shall giue accounts to him, that is readie to iudge quicke and dead.

  • 18 He that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.

  • 6 Wherein yee reioyce, though nowe for a season (if neede require) yee are in heauinesse, through manifolde tentations,

  • 26 Then said they that heard it, And who then can be saued?

  • 21 Neuerthelesse, if thou admonish that righteous man, that the righteous sinne not, and that he doeth not sinne, he shall liue because he is admonished: also thou hast deliuered thy soule.

  • 3 If thou, O Lord, straightly markest iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

  • 23 And other saue with feare, pulling them out of the fire, & hate euen that garment which is spotted by the flesh.

  • 14 Notwithstanding blessed are ye, if ye suffer for righteousnes sake. Yea, feare not their feare, neither be troubled.

  • 17 For it is better (if the will of God be so) that ye suffer for well doing, then for euil doing.

  • 4 For if God spared not the Angels that had sinned, but cast them downe into hell, and deliuered them into chaines of darkenes, to be kept vnto damnation:

  • 14 Wherefore, beloued, seeing that yee looke for such thinges, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot and blamelesse.

  • 5 Thou diddest meete him, that reioyced in thee, and did iustly: they remembred thee in thy wayes: beholde, thou art angrie, for we haue sinned: yet in them is continuance, and we shal be saued.

  • 7 Doutles one will scarce die for a righteous man: but yet for a good man it may be that one dare die.

  • 26 For when a righteous man turneth away from his righteousnes, and committeth iniquitie, he shall euen die for the same, he shal euen die for his iniquitie, that he hath done.

  • 39 But the saluation of the righteous men shalbe of the Lord: he shalbe their strength in the time of trouble.

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    10 If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.

    11 Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?

  • 32 The wicked shall be cast away for his malice: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • 4 Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death.

  • 13 But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.

  • 5 But thou, after thine hardnesse, and heart that canot repent, heapest vp as a treasure vnto thy selfe wrath against the day of wrath, and of the declaration of the iust iudgement of God,

  • 11 For by this meanes an entring shalbe ministred vnto you aboundantly into the euerlasting kingdome of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christ.

  • 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great saluation, which at the first began to be preached by the Lorde, and afterward was confirmed vnto vs by them that heard him,

  • 6 The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

  • 11 Seeing therefore that all these thinges must be dissolued, what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and godlinesse,

  • 45 Likewise, if thy foote cause thee to offend, cut it off: it is better for thee to go halt into life, then hauing two feete, to be cast into hell, into the fire that neuer shalbe quenched,

  • 17 And if ye call him Father, which without respect of person iudgeth according to euery mans woorke, passe the time of your dwelling here in feare,

  • 28 When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.

  • 26 And the Lord answered, If I shall finde in Sodom fiftie righteous within the citie, then will I spare all the place for their sakes.

  • 24 If there be fiftie righteous within the citie, wilt thou destroy and not spare the place for the fiftie righteous that are therein?

  • 8 The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade.