(A)so as to live (B)the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the (C)will of God. For (D)the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, [a](E)having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and [b]abominable idolatries. In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of (F)dissipation, and they (G)malign you;

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 4:3 Lit having gone in
  2. 1 Peter 4:3 Lit lawless

As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past(B) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(C) They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.(D)

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