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1 Peter 4:5

But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Commandments;   Judgment;   Thompson Chain Reference - Accountability;   Future, the;   Judge;   Stewardship;   Stewardship-Ownership;   The Topic Concordance - Gospel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Judgment, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Judgment;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Condemnation;   Second Coming of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Peter, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judge (Office);   1 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Peter, First Epistle of;   Quick, Quicken;   Spiritual Gifts;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Account;   Claims (of Christ);   Eschatology;   Living;   Man;   Peter Epistles of;   Resurrection;   Spirits in Prison;   Word;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Quick;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostolic Age;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
King James Version (1611)
Who shal giue accompt to him that is ready to iudge the quicke & the dead.
King James Version
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
English Standard Version
but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
New American Standard Bible
but they will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
New Century Version
But they will have to explain this to God, who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Contemporary English Version
But they will have to answer to God, who judges the living and the dead.
Complete Jewish Bible
But they will have to give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
Darby Translation
who shall render account to him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead.
Easy-to-Read Version
But they will have to face God to explain what they have done. He is the one who will soon judge everyone—those who are still living and those who have died.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Which shall giue accounts to him, that is readie to iudge quicke and dead.
George Lamsa Translation
And they shall answer to God who is to judge the quick and the dead.
Good News Translation
But they will have to give an account of themselves to God, who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Lexham English Bible
They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Literal Translation
who will give account to Him having readiness to judge the living and dead.
Amplified Bible
But they will [have to] give an account to Him who is ready to judge and pass sentence on the living and the dead.
American Standard Version
who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Hebrew Names Version
who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
International Standard Version
They will give an account to the one who is ready to judge the living and the dead.Acts 10:42; 17:31; Romans 14:10,12; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 2 Timothy 4:1; James 5:9;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
they who shall give account to Aloha, who will judge the dead and the living.
Murdock Translation
who must give account to God, who is to judge the living and the dead.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead.
English Revised Version
who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
World English Bible
who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
speaking evil of you, Who shall give account to him that is ready judge the living and the dead.
Weymouth's New Testament
But they will have to give account to Him who stands ready to pronounce judgement on the living and the dead.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen yyue resoun to hym, that is redi to deme the quyke and the deed.
Update Bible Version
who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Webster's Bible Translation
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.
New English Translation
They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
New King James Version
They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
New Living Translation
But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to judge everyone, both the living and the dead.
New Life Bible
Remember, they will give an answer to Him Who judges all who are living or dead.
New Revised Standard
But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who shall render an account unto him who is holding in readiness to judge living and dead;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who shall render account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Revised Standard Version
but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
which shall geve a coptes to him that is redy to iudge quycke and deed.
Young's Literal Translation
who shall give an account to Him who is ready to judge living and dead,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
(Which shal geue acoptes vnto hi yt is ready to iudge ye quycke & ye deed.)
Mace New Testament (1729)
but they will be call'd to account by him, who is ready to judge both the living and the dead.
Simplified Cowboy Version
But one day, they will give account of their lives to God and it sure ain't going to pretty.

Contextual Overview

4Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. 5But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.6That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

shall: Malachi 3:13-15, Matthew 12:36, Luke 16:2, Romans 14:12, Jude 1:14, Jude 1:15

that: Psalms 1:6, Ecclesiastes 12:14, Ezekiel 18:30, Matthew 25:31-46, John 5:22, John 5:23, John 5:28, John 5:29, Acts 10:42, Acts 17:31, Romans 14:10-12, 1 Corinthians 15:51, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 2 Timothy 4:1, James 5:9

Reciprocal: John 17:14 - the world Acts 24:25 - judgment Romans 2:16 - God Romans 14:9 - Lord 2 Corinthians 5:10 - we 1 Peter 4:14 - reproached 1 Peter 5:5 - all

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
Genesis 31:5
and he told them, "I can see from your father's face that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
Numbers 16:15
Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them."
Job 5:2
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Psalms 20:3
May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah
Matthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who shall give account to him,.... "To God himself", as the Syriac version reads; of all their blasphemies, and hard speeches spoken by them against God, Christ, the Gospel, and good men, and receive their just punishment. This the apostle says, to calm the minds of God's people, and make them to sit easy under all censures, reproaches, and calumnies, and not think of avenging themselves, but commit themselves to him that will judge righteously; even to him,

that is ready to judge the quick and the dead; that is, all men, such as will be found alive when he comes, and those that have died before, who will then be raised from the dead, to receive their judgment; and by whom is meant the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom all judgment is committed; and who is ordained to be the Judge of quick and dead, and will judge both at his appearing and kingdom; yea, the day is appointed when this judgment will proceed by him, and he is at the door; so that he may be truly said to be ready for it, as he is every way equal to it, and will finish it with righteousness.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who shall give account - That is, they shall not do this with impunity. They are guilty in this of a groat wrong and they must answer for it to God.

That is ready to judge - That is, “who is prepared to judge” - τῷ ἑτοίμως ἔχοντι tō hetoimōs echonti. See the phrase used in Acts 21:13; “I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem.” 2 Corinthians 12:14; “the third time I am ready to come to you.” Compare the word “ready” - ἑτοιμος hetoimos - in Matthew 22:4, Matthew 22:8; Matthew 24:44; Matthew 25:10; Luke 12:40; Luk 22:33; 1 Peter 1:5. The meaning is, not that he was about to do it, or that the day of judgment was near at hand - whatever the apostle may have supposed to be true on that point - but that he was prepared for it; all the arrangements were made with reference to it; there was nothing to hinder it.

To judge the quick and the dead - The living and the dead; that is, those who shall be alive when he comes, and those in their graves. This is a common phrase to denote all who shall be brought before the bar of God for judgment. See the Acts 10:42 note; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 notes; 2 Timothy 4:1 note. The meaning in this connection seems to be, that they should bear their trials and the opposition which they would meet with patiently, not feeling that they were forgotten, nor attempting to avenge themselves; for the Lord would vindicate them when he should come to judgment, and call those who had injured them to an account for all the wrongs which they had done to the children of God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Peter 4:5. To judge the quick and the dead. — They shall give account of these irregularities to Him who is prepared to judge both the Jews and the Gentiles. The Gentiles, previously to the preaching of the Gospel among them, were reckoned to be dead in trespasses and sins, Ephesians 2:1-5; under the sentence of death, because they had sinned. The Jews had at least, by their religious profession, a name to live; and by that profession were bound to give to God.


 
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