1 Pedro 4:5

Who shall give account

(ο αποδωσουσιν λογον). Future active indicative of αποδιδωμ. For this use with λογον (account) see Mateo 12:36; Lucas 16:2; Hechos 19:40; Hebreos 13:17. For the sudden use of the relative ο see Romanos 3:8.To him that is ready to judge

(τω ετοιμως κρινοντ). Dative, "to the one readily judging," correct text, not ετοιμως εχοντ κρινα, "to the one ready to judge," which "softens the rugged original" (Hart). That is Christ apparently (1 Pedro 1:13; 2 Corintios 5:10), but the Father in 1 Pedro 1:17.The quick and the dead

(ζωντας κα νεκρους). "Living and dead." Those living at the time and those already dead (1 Tesalonicenses 4:15).