1 Peter 4:3
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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: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.
In other translations
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: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.
Greek words
ἀρκετὸςarketos[Is] sufficientG713γὰρgarforG1063ἡμῖνhēminto usG3165ὁhotheG3588παρεληλυθὼςparelēluthōshaving pastG3928χρόνοςchronostimeG5550τοῦtou<the>G3588βίουbiouof lifeG979τὸtotheG3588βούλημαboulēmadesireG1013τῶνtōnof theG3588ἐθνῶνethnōnGentilesG1484κατειργάσθαιkateirgasthaito have carried outG2716πεπορευμένουςpeporeumenoushaving walkedG4198ἐνeninG1722ἀσελγείαις,aselgeiaissensuality,G766ἐπιθυμίαις,epithumiaisin lusts,G1939οἰνοφλυγίαις,oinophlugiaisin drunkenness,G3632κώμοις,kōmoisin orgies,G2970πότοις,potoisin carousing,G4224καὶkaiandG2532ἀθεμίτοιςathemitoisin abominableG111εἰδωλολατρίαις·eidōlolatriaisidolatries;G1495
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