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17 It is time for judgment to begin with God’s family. And if that judging begins with us, what will happen to those people who do not obey the Good News of God?

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

19 So those who suffer as God wants should trust their souls to the faithful Creator as they continue to do what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:18 “If . . . lost!” Quotation from Proverbs 11:31 in the Septuagint, the Greek version of the Old Testament.

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