The reader should always turn to the Bible and read the passages referred to.

QUES. 1.-Kindly point out for us the distinction, if any can be made, between the ungodly and the sinner in 1 Pet. 4:18.-H. B.C.

ANS.-"Sinner" is descriptive of man walking according to his natural, sinful inclinations. It is in contrast to "righteous"-"Sinners shall not stand in the congregation of the righteous" (Ps. 1:5).

"The ungodly" points to spiritual alienation from God- "There is no fear of God before their eyes" (Rom. 3:18) is descriptive of the "ungodly." In their temerity and ignorance of God, "they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? Behold, these are the ungodly" exclaims Asaph (Ps. 73:11,12), after he himself had been delivered from the questionings of unbelief in which he had fallen for a time. God's contempt of the ungodly's pride is expressed by, "The ungodly are like the chaff which the wind driveth away" (Ps. 1:4).