1 Peter 4:3

1 Peter 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

Context of 1 Peter 4:3

1Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human lusts, but for the will of God. For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of indecent behavior, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries. 4In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them in the same excesses of debauchery, and they slander you; 5but they will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

1 Peter 4:3 word by word

ἀρκετὸς γὰρ ὁ παρεληλυθὼς χρόνος τὸ βούλημα τῶν ἐθνῶν κατειργάσθαι πεπορευμένους ἐν ἀσελγείαις, ἐπιθυμίαις, οἰνοφλυγίαις, κώμοις, πότοις, καὶ ἀθεμίτοις εἰδωλολατρίαις·Read the interlinear

• the timeχρόνοςchronos · timeG5550
• already pastπαρέρχομαιparerchomai · to pass byG3928
• is sufficientἀρκετόςarketos · sufficientG713
• to have carriedκατεργάζομαιkatergazomai · to workout/produceG2716
• the desireβούλημαboulēma · planG1013
• of the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• having pursuedπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• of indecentἀσέλγειαaselgeia · debaucheryG766
• lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• drunkennessοἰνοφλυγίαoinophlugia · drunkennessG3632
• carousingκῶμοςkōmos · orgyG2970
• drinkingπότοςpotos · carousingG4224
• and wantonἀθέμιτοςathemitos · unlawfulG111
• idolatriesεἰδωλολατρείαeidōlolatreia · idolatryG1495

Cross-references for 1 Peter 4:3

• Ezekiel 44:6You shall say to the rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Enough of all your abominations, house of Israel,
• Ezekiel 45:9‘This is what the Lord God says: “Enough, you princes of Israel; get rid of violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Revoke your evictions of My people,” declares the Lord God.
• Acts 17:30So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,
• Romans 8:12So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh--
• 1 Corinthians 6:11Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
• 1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance,
• Deuteronomy 12:30be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from your presence, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?’
• Romans 1:20For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, being understood by what has been made, so that they are without excuse.
• Ephesians 2:2in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
• Ephesians 4:17So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds,
• 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;
• Mark 7:22deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
• 2 Corinthians 12:21I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and indecent behavior which they have practiced.
• Galatians 5:19Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: sexual immorality, impurity, indecent behavior,
• Ephesians 4:19and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
• Jude 1:4For certain people have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into indecent behavior and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 4:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The time past of our life - This is a complete epitome of the Gentile or heathen state, and a proof that those had been Gentiles to whom the apostle wrote. They walked in lasciviousness, · every species of lechery, lewdness, and impurity. In lusts, · strong irregular appetites, and desires of all kinds. In excess of wine, · wine, and , to be hot, or to boil; to be inflamed with wine; they were in continual debauches. In revellings, · lascivious feastings…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For the time past of our life may suffice us - “We have spent sufficient time in indulging ourselves, and following our wicked propensities, and we should hereafter live in a different manner.” This does not mean that it was ever proper thus to live, but that, as we would say, “we have had enough of these things; we have tried them; there is no reason why we should indulge in them any more.” An expression quite similar to this occurs in Horace - Lusisti…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3the Gentiles: Peter uses this term from his Jewish background to describe those non-Jews who do not have a relationship with God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. may suffice--Greek, "is sufficient." Peter takes the lowest ground: for not even the past time ought to have been wasted in lust; but since you cannot recall it, at least lay out the future to better account. us--omitted in oldest manuscripts. wrought--Greek, "wrought out." Gentiles--heathen: which many of you were. when, &c.--"walking as ye have done [Alford] in lasciviousness"; the Greek means petulant, immodest, wantonness, unbridled conduct: not so…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 4:3

• Adultery
• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Commandments
• Gentiles
• Gluttony
• Idolatry
• Lasciviousness
• Lust
• Persecution
• Sin
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Banquet
• Begin
• Cover
• Entertain
• Ungodly
• Apostolic Age
• Carousings
• Charity
• Idolatry
• Lasciviousness

Commentaries on 1 Peter 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings