| I Peter 4:17
| For it is time that judgment should begin at the house of God. And if first with us: what shall be the end of those who believe not the gospel of God?
| The time is that judgment should begin at the house of God. By judgment seems to be here understood afflictions, persecutions, and trials in this world; and the sense is, that the time of this life is a time of suffering. --- And if first at us. That is, if the justice of God deal in this manner with his friends whom he loves, much greater will be hereafter the punishments of sinners, and of those who have refused to believe in Christ. (Witham)
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