1 Peter 4:3

For the past time is sufficient to have wrought the will of the heathens, walking in impurities, in lusts, in wine-drinkings, in revelries, in intemperance, and in unlawful idolatries:

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 he may no longer live the remaining time in carnality according to the lusts of men, but in the will of God.

4in which they are astonished you not running to the same excess of wrath, blaspheming;

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Cross References

Mark 7:22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, impurity, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, 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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