1 Peter 4:3-5
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] 4 So[f] they are astonished[g] when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.[h] 5 They will face a reckoning before[i] Jesus Christ[j] who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.
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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 4:4 tn Grk “in/by which,” referring to the change of behavior described in v. 3. The unbelievers are astonished by the readers’ moral transformation. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.
- 1 Peter 4:4 tn Or “are surprised, are taken aback.” The same verb occurs in 4:12.
- 1 Peter 4:4 tn Grk “blaspheming,” giving the result of their astonishment. Here the target of their “blasphemy/vilification” is not God but the Christian.
- 1 Peter 4:5 tn Grk “give an account to.”
- 1 Peter 4:5 tn Grk “the one”; the referent (Jesus Christ) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 Peter 4:3-5
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) 4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(C) 5 But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.(D)
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