1 Peter 4:5
who shall give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 25:31And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory.
John 5:22For neither does the Father judge any one; but all judgment he has given to the Son;
Acts 10:42And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who has been appointed by God to be Judge of the living and dead.
Romans 14:10But why dost thou judge thy brother? Or why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:5-7
Comfort of the Servants of God. ( a. d. 66.) 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. 6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. I. Here you have the visible change wrought in those who in the foregoing verse were represented as having been in… Read the whole commentary →