1 Peter 4:5
But they must render account to Him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
Montgomery 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
Cross References
Matthew 25:31"But when the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he take his seat on the throne of his glory;
John 5:22"The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
Acts 10:42"when he charged us to preach to the people, and to testify that this was he whom God ordained to be the judge of the living and of the dead.
Romans 14:10But you the abstainer, why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you again the non-abstainer, why do you despise yours? 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 →