1 Peter 4:17-18
“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”
King James Version
Divine judgment beginning with God's own household first, the principle fulfilled in every persecution and ultimately the last judgment.
Fulfillment References
Revelation 2-3 Hebrews 12:6 Amos 3:2
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
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