1 Peter 4:18

New Century Version

“If it is very hard for a good person to be saved, the wicked person and the sinner will surely be lost!”

Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were very evil and were always sinning against the Lord.

Proverbs 11:31

Good people will be rewarded on earth, and the wicked and the sinners will be punished.

Jeremiah 25:29

Look! I am already bringing disaster on Jerusalem, the city that is called by my name. Do you think you will not be punished? You will be punished! I am sending war on all the people of the earth, says the Lord All-Powerful.’

Ezekiel 18:24

“But suppose good people stop doing good and do wrong and do the same hateful things the wicked do. Will they live? All their good acts will be forgotten, because they became unfaithful. They have sinned, so they will die because of their sins.

Zechariah 13:9

The third that is left I will test with fire, purifying them like silver, testing them like gold. Then they will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

Luke 15:1

The tax collectors and sinners all came to listen to Jesus.

Luke 23:31

If they act like this now when life is good, what will happen when bad times come?”

Acts 14:22

making the followers of Jesus stronger and helping them stay in the faith. They said, “We must suffer many things to enter God’s kingdom.”

Acts 27:24

The angel said, ‘Paul, do not be afraid. You must stand before Caesar. And God has promised you that he will save the lives of everyone sailing with you.’

Acts 27:31

But Paul told the officer and the other soldiers, “If these men do not stay in the ship, your lives cannot be saved.”

Romans 1:18

God’s anger is shown from heaven against all the evil and wrong things people do. By their own evil lives they hide the truth.

Romans 5:6

When we were unable to help ourselves, at the right time, Christ died for us, although we were living against God.

Romans 5:8

But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners.

1 Corinthians 10:12

If you think you are strong, you should be careful not to fall.

1 Timothy 1:9

We also know that the law is not made for good people but for those who are against the law and for those who refuse to follow it. It is for people who are against God and are sinful, who are unholy and ungodly, who kill their fathers and mothers, who murder,

Hebrews 4:1

Now, since God has left us the promise that we may enter his rest, let us be very careful so none of you will fail to enter.

James 5:6

You have judged guilty and then murdered innocent people, who were not against you.

1 Peter 5:8

Control yourselves and be careful! The devil, your enemy, goes around like a roaring lion looking for someone to eat.

2 Peter 3:7

And that same word of God is keeping heaven and earth that we now have in order to be destroyed by fire. They are being kept for the Judgment Day and the destruction of all who are against God.

Jude 1:15

judge every person. He is coming to punish all who are against God for all the evil they have done against him. And he will punish the sinners who are against God for all the evil they have said against him.”

1 Samuel 15:18

And he sent you on a mission. He said, ‘Go and destroy those evil people, the Amalekites. Make war on them until all of them are dead.’