Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Ver. 5. Until the Lord come] Tot argumeuta quot verba, saith Paraeus, every word here hath its weight. There shall be a resurrection one day of names as well as of bodies. Let that stay us when belied or misreported.
And then shall every man have praise of God] His faith (now haply hidden, or not noticed) shall then be "found to praise, honour, and glory," 1 Peter 1:7, -praise from the mouth of the Judge, honour in the hearts of saints and angels, glory in the kingdom of heaven after the judgment ended. Christ shall then be not only his compurgator, a but his encomiast (eulogizer).
a A witness to character who swore along with the person accused, in order to the acquittal of the latter. ŒD