1 Peter 4:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Scarcely be saved; with much labour and difficulty, through many tribulations, Acts 14:22, as going in the narrow way, and entering in at the strait gate, Matthew 7:13,14. The ungodly and the sinner; unbelievers and impenitent sinners of all sorts; both words signify the same, in opposition to the righteous before mentioned. Appear; he shall not be able to stand in God's judgment against the sentence of condemnation then to be pronounced, Psalms 1:5: q.d. If the righteous scarcely be saved, the wicked shall certainly perish.