1 Peter 4:3

For the time past was sufficient for doing the things the Gentiles desire to do: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, revelling, carousing, and abominable idolatries.

Revised King James New Testament

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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 live the rest of his time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

4They think it strange that you do not run with them into the same excess of dissipation, and they speak evil of you:

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Cross References

Mark 7:22Covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lustfulness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness:

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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