in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires,[a] but for God’s will.(A) For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do:[b] carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires,(B) drunkenness, orgies,(C) carousing, and lawless idolatry. So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood[c] of wild living—and they slander you.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:2 Lit for desires of human beings
  2. 1 Peter 4:3 Or Gentiles
  3. 1 Peter 4:4 Lit you don’t run with them into the same pouring out

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