1 Peter 4:4-5

4:4 So ¹  they are astonished ²  when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you. ³  4:5 They will face a reckoning before ⁴  Jesus Christ ⁵  who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

[4:4]  ¹ tn Grk “in/by which,” referring to the change of behavior described in v. 3. The unbelievers are astonished by the readers’ moral transformation. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[4:4]  ² tn Or “are surprised, are taken aback.” The same verb occurs in 4:12.

[4:4]  ³ tn Grk “blaspheming,” giving the result of their astonishment. Here the target of their “blasphemy/vilification” is not God but the Christian.

[4:5]  ⁴ tn Grk “give an account to.”

[4:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “the one”; the referent (Jesus Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.