1 Peter 4:5

But they will have to give account to Him who stands ready to pronounce judgement on the living and the dead.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4At this they are astonished--that you do not run into the same excess of profligacy as they do; and they speak abusively of you.

6For it is with this end in view that the Good News was proclaimed even to some who were dead, that they may be judged, as all mankind will be judged, in the body, but may be living a godly life in the spirit.

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Cross References

Matthew 25:31"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then will He sit upon His glorious throne,

John 5:22The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,

Acts 10:42And He has commanded us to preach to the people and solemnly declare that this is He who has been appointed by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

Romans 14:10But you, why do you find fault with your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon your brother? We shall all stand before God to be judged;

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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