1 Peter 4:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ For the time is come for judgement 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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For the time [has arrived] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will [be] the end of those who do not respect or believe or obey the good news (the Gospel) of God?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ because it’s time for judgment to begin with God’s own household. But if judgment starts with us, what will happen to those who refuse to believe God’s good news?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ For it is time that judgment begin at the house of God. And if it is first from us, what shall be the end of those who do not believe the Gospel of God?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ For the time is, that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if first at us, what shall be the end of them that believe not the gospel of God?

1 Peter 4:17 Cross References

Isaiah 10:12

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.

Jeremiah 25:29

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 the LORD of hosts.

Jeremiah 49:12

For thus saith the LORD: 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.

Ezekiel 9:6

slay utterly the old man, the young man and the maiden, 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 ancient men which were before the house.

Amos 3:2

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers; and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Luke 23:31

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

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,

Romans 2:9

tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

Galatians 3:1

O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

Galatians 5:7

Ye were running well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:

1 Timothy 3:15

but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Hebrews 11:8

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.

Hebrews 2:2

For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

Hebrews 2:4

God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

Hebrews 5:9

and having been made perfect, he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation;

1 Peter 2:5

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:8

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.