1 Peter
1 Peter 4:3
3For 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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| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | γὰρ | gar | Conjunction | G1063 for |
| enough | ἀρκετὸς | arketos | Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular | G713 sufficient |
| time | χρόνος | chronos | Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular | G5550 time, a particular time, season |
| in the past | παρεληλυθὼς | parelēlythōs | Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular | G3928 I pass by |
| carrying out | κατειργάσθαι | kateirgasthai | Verb - Perfect Infinitive Middle or Passive | G2716 I work out, produce, accomplish |
| the same | τὸ | to | Article - Accusative Neuter Singular | G3588 the |
| desires | βούλημα | boulēma | Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G1013 will, counsel, purpose |
| as the | τῶν | tōn | Article - Genitive Neuter Plural | G3588 the |
| Gentiles | ἐθνῶν | ethnōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1484 a race, people, the Gentiles |
| living | πεπορευμένους | peporeumenous | Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural | G4198 I travel, journey, go |
| in | ἐν | en | Preposition | G1722 in, on, among |
| debauchery | ἀσελγείαις | aselgeiais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G766 wantonness, lewdness |
| lust | ἐπιθυμίαις | epithymiais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G1939 desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust |
| drunkenness | οἰνοφλυγίαις | oinophlygiais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G3632 drunkenness |
| orgies | κώμοις | kōmois | Noun - Dative Masculine Plural | G2970 a feasting, reveling |
| carousing | πότοις | potois | Noun - Dative Masculine Plural | G4224 a drinking, carousing |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| detestable | ἀθεμίτοις | athemitois | Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural | G111 illegal, unlawful |
| idolatry | εἰδωλολατρίαις | eidōlolatriais | Noun - Dative Feminine Plural | G1495 worship or service of an image |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Corinthians 6:11 · Ephesians 5:18 · 1 Thessalonians 4:5 · 1 Peter 1:14 · Ephesians 2:2–3 · Ephesians 4:17–19 · Galatians 5:21 · Galatians 5:19 · Ezekiel 45:9 · Revelation 17:4–5 · Jude 1:4 · Acts 17:30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.