1 Peter 4:5

who shall give an account to him, who holds himself ready to judge the living and the dead.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4wherein they think it a strange thing, that you are not running with them into the same gulph of profligacy, spreading every scandalous report of you:

6For to this end was the gospel preached to those that are dead, that they might be judged indeed in the flesh according to the will of men, but live in spirit according to the will of God.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory:

John 5:22For the Father never judgeth any man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son:

Acts 10:42And hath commanded us to proclaim to the people, and to bear our testimony that this is the person who is ordained of God the Judge of the living and the dead.

Romans 14:10But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? And thou, why dost thou disparage thy brother? for we must all appear before the judgment-seat 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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