‘Who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.'

Peter now gets to the heart of what the reason was, and no doubt this was part of the Christians' explanation for their behaviour. It was because they knew that they would have to give account to Him Who is ready to judge the living and the dead. They recognised that their lives would be called to account. They would have to explain what they had done, whether good or bad. Compare 1 Peter 1:17; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 5:10; James 5:9; Hebrews 12:23.

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