1 Peter 4:3

For the time which hath passed sufficeth to have served the will of the Gentiles in indulgence, in drunkenness, in vileness, in revellings, and in the service of demons.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2that henceforth to the lusts of men he should not live, what time he is in the body, but to the will of Aloha.

4And, behold, now they wonder and blaspheme at you because you riot not with them in that former indulgence;

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Cross References

Mark 7:22rapacity, malice, fraud, obscenity, an evil eye, blasphemy, vain-glory, folly;

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 4:2-4

The Mortification of Sin. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 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: The… Read the whole commentary →

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