18 And

(A)“If the righteous is scarcely saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”[a]

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  1. 1 Peter 4:18 Greek where will the ungodly and sinner appear?

18 And,

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”[a](A)

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  1. 1 Peter 4:18 Prov. 11:31 (see Septuagint)

31 If (A)the righteous is repaid on earth,
    how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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31 If the righteous receive their due(A) on earth,
    how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

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24 (A)But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? (B)None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for (C)the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

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24 “But if a righteous person turns(A) from their righteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable things the wicked person does, will they live? None of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness(B) they are guilty of and because of the sins they have committed, they will die.(C)

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if he did not spare the ancient world, but (A)preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought (B)a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by (C)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (D)making them an example of (E)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[a]

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  1. 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly

if he did not spare the ancient world(A) when he brought the flood on its ungodly people,(B) but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;(C) if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(D) and made them an example(E) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(F)

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31 For (A)if they do these things when (B)the wood is green, what will happen (C)when it is dry?”

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31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”(A)

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15 (A)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have (B)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all (C)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

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15 to judge(A) everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[a](B)

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  1. Jude 1:15 From the Jewish First Book of Enoch (approximately the first century b.c.)

(A)Be sober-minded; (B)be watchful. Your (C)adversary the devil (D)prowls around (E)like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

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Be alert and of sober mind.(A) Your enemy the devil prowls around(B) like a roaring lion(C) looking for someone to devour.

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38 (A)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
    and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”

39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

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38 And,

“But my righteous[a] one will live by faith.(A)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”[b](B)

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)

12 Therefore (A)let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

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12 So, if you think you are standing firm,(A) be careful that you don’t fall!

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God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For (A)the wrath of God (B)is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

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God’s Wrath Against Sinful Humanity

18 The wrath of God(A) is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness,

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22 (A)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them (B)to continue in (C)the faith, and saying that (D)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

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22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.(A) “We must go through many hardships(B) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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And (A)I will put this third into the fire,
    and refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
(B)They will call upon my name,
    and (C)I will answer them.
(D)I will say, ‘They are my people’;
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”

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This third I will put into the fire;(A)
    I will refine them like silver(B)
    and test them like gold.(C)
They will call(D) on my name(E)
    and I will answer(F) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,’(G)
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.(H)’”

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But by the same word (A)the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and (B)destruction of the ungodly.

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By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,(A) being kept for the day of judgment(B) and destruction of the ungodly.

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