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1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? (1 Peter 4:18)
Appear.
That is, in what light will the ungodly appear? They have spurned the only means by which anyone can secure entrance to the eternal kingdom of the redeemed.
Ungodly.
 Gr. asebēs, “impious,” “irreverent” (see on Rom. 4:5).
Righteous scarcely be saved.
 The apostle here quotes Prov. 11:31, as rendered in the LXX (see comment there). It is only by virtue of the merits of Christ that the righteous are saved at all. Except through faith in Him they have no claim at all on divine mercy in the day of judgment.