1st Peter Chapter 4 verse 5 Holy Bible
who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
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But they will have to give an account of themselves to him who is ready to be the judge of the living and the dead.
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who shall render account to him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead.
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Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
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who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
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who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. The judgment is at hand; the Judge standeth before the door; all men, quick and dead alike, must give account to him. It is better to suffer now for well-doing than then for evil-doing. Men call you to give account now (1 Peter 3:15); they themselves must give account to God.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Who shall give account.--Perhaps said with a reference to 1Peter 3:15, where these very persons call the Christians to give "account" (the Greek word is the same). The side-purpose of the clause (as in the similar threat, 1Peter 2:8) is to warn the readers against sharing their fate by sharing their sins.To him that is ready to judge.--This carries on the history of Jesus Christ a step further still. The last thing was His sitting on the right hand of God. This is the order of the Apostles' Creed. Bengel wisely remarks: "The Apostles, when they are not expressly treating of the date of Christ's advent, set forth that advent to their longing and devotion as close at hand. Hence Peter includes the slanderers of his day among the living, as just about to be judged."
