1 Peter 4:3
New English Translation
3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians[a] desire.[b] You lived then[c] in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts,[d] and wanton idolatries.[e]
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- 1 Peter 4:3 tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.
- 1 Peter 4:3 tn Grk “to accomplish the desire of the Gentiles.”
- 1 Peter 4:3 tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.
- 1 Peter 4:3 tn According to BDAG 857 s.v. πότος the term refers to a social gathering at which wine is served, hence “drinking parties” (cf. TEV, NASB). However, the collocation with the other terms in v. 4 suggests something less sophisticated and more along the lines of wild and frenzied drinking bouts.
- 1 Peter 4:3 tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past.
1 Peter 4:3
New International Version
3 For you have spent enough time in the past(A) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(B)
1 Peter 4:3
King James Version
3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
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