1 Peter 4:5
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.

New Revised Standard Version
But they will have to give an accounting to him who stands 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.

New American Bible
but they will give an account to him who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who shall render account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Who shall render account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

shall.

Malachi 3:13-15 Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord. . . .

Matthew 12:36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.

Luke 16:2 And he called him and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer.

Romans 14:12 Therefore every one of us shall render account to God for himself.

Jude 1:14,15 Now of these Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying: Behold, the Lord cometh with thousands of his saints: . . .

that.

Psalm 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 And all things that are done, God will bring into judgment for every error, whether it be good or evil.

Ezekiel 18:30 Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Matthew 25:31 And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.

*etc:

John 5:22,23,28,29 For neither does the Father judge any man: but hath given all judgment to the Son. . . .

Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed: giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead.

Romans 14:10-12 But thou, why judgest thou thy brother? Or thou, why dost thou despise thy brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:51,52 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not all be changed. . . .

2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming and his kingdom:

James 5:9 Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.

Context
Living for God's Glory
4Wherein they think it strange that you run not with them into the same confusion of riotousness: speaking evil of you. 5Who shall render account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6For, for this cause was the gospel preached also to the dead: That they might be judged indeed according to men, in the flesh: but may live according to God, in the Spirit.…
Cross References
Acts 10:42
And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is he who was appointed by God to be judge of the living and of the dead.

Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ died and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

Romans 14:12
Therefore every one of us shall render account to God for himself.

2 Timothy 4:1
I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by his coming and his kingdom:

James 5:9
Grudge not, brethren, one against another, that you may not be judged. Behold the judge standeth before the door.

1 Peter 4:4
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