1 Peter 4:5
who shall give an account to Him, who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
1770 John Worsley NT
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 25:31So when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon his glorious throne:
John 5:22For neither doth the Father judge any one, but hath committed all judgement to the Son;
Acts 10:42And He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is He who is appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.
Romans 14:10But why dost thou censure thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? since we shall all stand before the tribunal 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 →