1 Peter 4:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Οἳ ἀποδώσουσιν λόγον τῷ ἑτοίμως ἔχοντι κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.

Transliteration

Who shall apodōsousin logon to the one hetoimōs echonti krinai zōntas and nekrous.

Grammar Details

*apodōsousin*: future active indicative, 3rd person plural - they will give/render
*logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - account/word
*hetoimōs*: adverb - readily/prepared
*echonti*: present active participle, dative, masculine, singular - having/being
*krinai*: aorist active infinitive - to judge
*zōntas*: present active participle, accusative, masculine, plural - living ones
*nekrous*: accusative, masculine, plural - dead ones

Word Meanings

*apodōsousin logon*: will give account/will render explanation/will be answerable
*hetoimōs echonti*: ready/prepared/at hand

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Referenced Verses

Acts 10:42 : 42 And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God [to be] the Judge of the living and the dead.
2 Tim 4:1 : 1 I charge [thee] in the sight of God, and of {G2962} Christ Jesus, who shall judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
Jas 5:9 : 9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
Rom 14:10-12 : 10 But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or {G2532} thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, And every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
1 Cor 15:51-52 : 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all {G3303} shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Acts 17:31 : 31 inasmuch as he hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Jude 1:14-15 : 14 And to these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah knoweth the way of the righteous; But the way of the wicked shall perish.
Eccl 12:14 : 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ezek 18:30 : 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Mal 3:13-15 : 13 Your words have been stout against me, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee? 14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts? 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.
Matt 12:36 : 36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matt 25:31-46 : 31 But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: 32 and before him shall be gathered all the nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; 36 naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave thee drink? 38 And when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my brethren, [even] these least, ye did it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 for I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto me. 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
John 5:22-23 : 22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son; 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.
John 5:28-29 : 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

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