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2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, abut for the will of God.  
3 For we have spent enough of our past1 lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.  
4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
5 They will give an account to Him who is ready ato judge the living and the dead.  
6 For this reason athe gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but blive according to God in the spirit.  

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7 But athe end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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1 Peter 4:4

Wherein—In respect to which abandonment of your former walk (I Peter 4:3).

run not with them—eagerly, in troops [BENGEL].

excess—literally, "profusion"; a sink: stagnant water remaining after an inundation.

riot—profligacy.

speaking evil—charging you with pride, singularity, hypocrisy, and secret crimes (I Peter 4:14; II Peter 2:2). However, there is no "of you" in the Greek, but simply "blaspheming." It seems to me always to be used, either directly or indirectly, in the sense of impious reviling against God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit, and the Christian religion, not merely against men as such; Greek, I Peter 4:14, below.




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