Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
may suffice—Greek, "is sufficient." Peter takes the lowest ground: for not even the past time ought to have been wasted in lust; but since you cannot recall it, at least lay out the future to better account.
us—omitted in oldest manuscripts.
wrought—Greek, "wrought out."
Gentiles—heathen: which many of you were.
when, etc.—"walking as ye have done [ALFORD] in lasciviousness"; the Greek means petulant, immodest, wantonness, unbridled conduct: not so much filthy lust.
excess of wine—"wine-bibbings" [ALFORD].
abominable—"nefarious," "lawless idolatries," violating God's most sacred law; not that all Peter's readers (see on I Peter 1:1) walked in these, but many, namely, the Gentile portion of them.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Peter 4:3:
2 Corinthians 5:14
Ephesians 5:16
1 Peter 1:1
1 Peter 3:18
1 Peter 4:2
1 Peter 4:4
1 Peter 4:7
1 Peter 4:7
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