1 Peter 4:5

Which shall giue accounts to him, that is readie to iudge quicke and dead.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

In Context

4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

6For vnto this purpose was the Gospell preached also vnto the dead, that they might bee condemned, according to men in the flesh, but might liue according to God in the spirit.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:14For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.

Malachi 3:13Your wordes haue bene stout against me, sayeth the Lord: yet ye say, What haue we spoken against thee?

Matthew 25:31And when the Sonne of man commeth in his glory, and all the holy Angels with him, then shall he sit vpon the throne of his glorie,

John 5:22For the Father iudgeth no man, but hath committed all iudgement vnto the Sonne,

Acts 10:42And he commanded vs to preach vnto the people, and to testifie, that it is he that is ordained of God a iudge of quicke and dead.

Romans 14:10But why doest thou condemne thy brother? or why doest thou despise thy brother? for we shall all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ.

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 →

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