1 Peter 4:18

Good News Translation (US Version)

As the scripture says, “It is difficult for good people to be saved; what, then, will become of godless sinners?”

Cross References

Proverbs 11:31

Those who are good are rewarded here on earth, so you can be sure that wicked and sinful people will be punished.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But if a righteous person stops doing good and starts doing all the evil, disgusting things that evil people do, will he go on living? No! None of the good he did will be remembered. He will die because of his unfaithfulness and his sins.

Luke 23:31

For if such things as these are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Jude 1:15

to bring judgment on all, to condemn them all for the godless deeds they have performed and for all the terrible words that godless sinners have spoken against him!”

1 Corinthians 10:12

If you think you are standing firm you had better be careful that you do not fall.

Romans 1:18

God's anger is revealed from heaven against all the sin and evil of the people whose evil ways prevent the truth from being known.

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.

2 Peter 3:7

But the heavens and the earth that now exist are being preserved by the same command of God, in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the day when godless people will be judged and destroyed.

1 Peter 5:8

Be alert, be on watch! Your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Romans 5:8

But God has shown us how much he loves us—it was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us!

Zechariah 13:9

And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God.”

Jeremiah 25:29

I will begin my work of destruction in my own city. Do they think they will go unpunished? No, they will be punished, for I am going to send war on all the people on earth. I, the Lord Almighty, have spoken.

Hebrews 4:1

Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he spoke about. Let us take care, then, that none of you will be found to have failed to receive that promised rest.

Romans 5:6

For when we were still helpless, Christ died for the wicked at the time that God chose.

Genesis 13:13

whose people were wicked and sinned against the Lord.

Acts 27:24

and said, ‘Don't be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the Emperor. And God in his goodness to you has spared the lives of all those who are sailing with you.’

Luke 15:1

One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,

1 Samuel 15:18

and he sent you out with orders to destroy those wicked people of Amalek. He told you to fight until you had killed them all.

Acts 27:31

But Paul said to the army officer and soldiers, “If the sailors don't stay on board, you have no hope of being saved.”

1 Timothy 1:9

It must be remembered, of course, that laws are made, not for good people, but for lawbreakers and criminals, for the godless and sinful, for those who are not religious or spiritual, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.