Now the tax collectors and worldly people were all gathering around Jesus to listen to Him.
1 Peter 4:18 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) 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]? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the godless and wicked? [Prov. 11:31.] American Standard Version (1901) And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear? Common English Bible If the righteous are barely rescued, what will happen to the godless and sinful? Catholic Public Domain Version And if the just man will scarcely be saved, where will the impious and the sinner appear? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if the just man shall scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? |
Now the tax collectors and worldly people were all gathering around Jesus to listen to Him.
For if people are doing these things [to me] while the [leaves of the] tree are green [i.e., to someone innocent of wrongdoing], what will they do when [the leaves] are dried up [i.e., to the sinful Jews of Jerusalem]?”
[Along the way] they strengthened the hearts of the disciples, urging them to continue [to believe and practice] the faith and [explaining] that entering God's [heavenly] kingdom [See II Tim. 4:18] requires enduring many trials.
saying, ‘Do not be afraid Paul, for you must appear before Caesar, and look, God will grant you [the safety of] all these men aboard ship [along] with yourself.’
Paul said to the military officer [Julius] and to his soldiers, “Unless these men stay aboard the ship, none of you will be saved.”
For God’s extreme anger is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people who restrain the truth [from being known and obeyed] by their wickedness.
Someone would not likely die to rescue a righteous person, though possibly someone would dare to die in order to rescue a good person.
Since we are now made right with God by the blood of Christ [i.e., by His dying on the cross], how much more certain it is that we will be saved from God’s wrath [in the future] by Him!
So, the person who thinks he is standing firm [in the faith] should pay attention [to his life], so that he does not fall [away from God].
We [also] know this: law [or, “the Law of Moses”] is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawbreakers and rebels, for ungodly people and sinners, for unholy and irreverent people, for people who kill their parents, for murderers,
So, as long as God’s promise of entering into a state of rest with Him [still] remains, we should fear that someone among you will appear [in the end] to have fallen short of [attaining] it. [Note: In this section “entering into rest” refers to Israel entering Canaan (verses 6, 8) and to Christians entering heaven (verses 3, 9) . The “Sabbath day rest” is presented as a type of both].
You have condemned and murdered the righteous man [i.e., the innocent person, See verse 4] and he does not [even] resist you.
Be sensible and alert; your enemy the devil is prowling around like a roaring [i.e., hungry] lion looking for someone to [kill and] eat.
But, by means of the same word [of God], the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, awaiting the judgment and destruction [by God], along with [its] ungodly people.
to bring judgment upon all [such people], and to convict every person of their ungodly behavior, which they have wickedly committed, and of all the evil things that [such] ungodly sinners have spoken against God.”