¹⁸ And if the righteous man is scarcely saved, the ungodly and sinner -- where shall he appear?

³¹ Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

³¹ for, if in the green tree they do these things -- in the dry what may happen?'

⁷ and the present heavens and the earth, by the same word are treasured, for fire being kept to a day of judgment and destruction of the impious men.

⁵ and the old world did not spare, but the eighth person, Noah, of righteousness a preacher, did keep, a flood on the world of the impious having brought,

⁶ and the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah having turned to ashes, with an overthrow did condemn, an example to those about to be impious having set `them';

²⁴ And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.

⁴ Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

⁵ Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

²² And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

²³ `Then if any one may say to you, Lo, here `is' the Christ! or here! ye may not believe;

²⁴ for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

²² confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

²⁴ saying, Be not afraid Paul; before Caesar it behoveth thee to stand; and, lo, God hath granted to thee all those sailing with thee;

¹⁸ for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness.

⁸ Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

¹⁵ to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.'

⁹ And I have brought the third into fire, And refined them like a refining of silver, And have tried them like a trying of gold, It doth call in My name, and I answer it, I have said, `My people it `is',' And it saith, `Jehovah `is' my God!'

¹³ and the men of Sodom `are' evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.

³⁸ and `the righteous by faith shall live,' and `if he may draw back, My soul hath no pleasure in him,'

³⁹ and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.

¹⁸ and Jehovah sendeth thee in the way, and saith, Go, and thou hast devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed;

²⁹ For lo, in the city over which My name is called, I am beginning to do evil, And ye -- ye are entirely acquitted! Ye are not acquitted, for a sword I am proclaiming, For all inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

²⁰ and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days.

²¹ `And then, if any may say to you, Lo, here `is' the Christ, or, Lo, there, ye may not believe;

²² for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;

¹ And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

³¹ Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, `If these do not remain in the ship -- ye are not able to be saved;'

⁴² And the soldiers' counsel was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one having swam out should escape,

⁴³ but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from the counsel, and did command those able to swim, having cast themselves out first -- to get unto the land,

⁴⁴ and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.

⁶ For in our being still ailing, Christ in due time did die for the impious;

¹² so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.

¹ We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

⁸ and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;