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1 Peter 4:3

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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ASV

For the time past may suffice to have wrought the desire of the Gentiles, and to have walked in lasciviousness, lusts, winebibbings, revellings, carousings, and abominable idolatries:

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:

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀρκετὸςarketos[Is] sufficientG713 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ὁhotheG3588 →
παρεληλυθὼςparelēluthōshaving pastG3928 →
χρόνοςchronostimeG5550 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
βούλημαboulēmadesireG1013 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
ἐθνῶνethnōnGentilesG1484 →
κατειργάσθαιkateirgasthaito have carried outG2716 →
πεπορευμένουςpeporeumenoushaving walkedG4198 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ἀσελγείαις,aselgeiaissensuality,G766 →
ἐπιθυμίαις,epithumiaisin lusts,G1939 →
οἰνοφλυγίαις,oinophlugiaisin drunkenness,G3632 →
κώμοις,kōmoisin orgies,G2970 →
πότοις,potoisin carousing,G4224 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀθεμίτοιςathemitoisin abominableG111 →
εἰδωλολατρίαις·eidōlolatriaisidolatries;G1495 →

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Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;1 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,Romans 1:23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.1 Peter 1:14As obedient children, do not conform to the passions of your former ignorance.Ephesians 2:2–3in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.Ephesians 4:17–19So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.Galatians 5:21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.Galatians 4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.Ephesians 5:12For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;Revelation 17:4–5The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.Ezekiel 45:9For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’Ezekiel 44:6Tell the rebellious house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I have had enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel.

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