who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
      1. That all wicked people, especially those who speak evil of such as are not as bad as themselves, shall give an account, and be put to give a reason of their behaviour, to him who is ready to judge, who is both able and duly authorized, and who will ere long judge and pass sentence upon all who shall then be found alive, and all such as being dead shall then be raised again, James 5:8; James 5:9; 2 Peter 3:7. Observe, The malignant world shall in a little time give an account to the great God of all their evil speeches against his people, Jude 1:14; Jude 1:15. They will soon be called to a sad account for all their curses, their foolish jests, their slanders and falsehoods, uttered against the faithful people of God.