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1 Peter 4:5

WEB

5They will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

KJV

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

BSB

5But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

FBV

5That's why the good news was shared with those who've already died

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Extra References

James 5:9

9Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.


2 Timothy 4:1

1I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:


Acts 10:42

42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.


John 5:22-23

22For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.


Romans 14:10-12

10But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11For it is written, “‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.’”

12So then each one of us will give account of himself to God.


Matthew 12:36

36I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.


Jude 1:14-15

14About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold,[+] the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”


Acts 17:31

31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”


Malachi 3:13-15

13Your words have been harsh against me,” says the LORD. “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against you?’ 14You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God,’ andWhat profit is it that we have followed his instructions and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of Armies? 15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’


1 Corinthians 15:51-52

51Behold,[+] I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.