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1 Peter 4:5

1 Peter 4:5
Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Peter 4:4-6

I. Here you have the visible change wrought in those who in the foregoing verse were represented as having been in the former part of their life very wicked. They no longer run on in the same courses,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

who shall give account The phrase is one of the many echoes in this Epistle of our Lord's teaching (Luk 16:2). The thought of the Final Judgment from which there will be no appeal is made here, as in…