1 Peter 4

1 Peter · Chapter 4

1 Peter 4:3

1Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;2That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.3For 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:4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:5Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.6For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.8And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.10As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.11If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.16Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

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3For 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.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:

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1 Peter 4:1-6Living for the will of God

About 1 Peter 4Since "Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh," readers are to arm themselves with the same mind and live "to the will of God," not as they once lived. "The end of all things is at hand," so be sober, pray, and "above all things have fervent charity," for "charity shall cover the multitude of sins," using every gift "as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." They are to "think it not strange concerning the fiery trial," but rejoice as "partakers of Christ's sufferings," and "if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed." 1 Peter 4:11 Peter 4:21 Peter 4:71 Peter 4:81 Peter 4:101 Peter 4:121 Peter 4:131 Peter 4:16

Who, where and when in this chapter

Original Greek words

EnglishGreekSay itStrong'sMeaning
[Is] sufficientἀρκετὸςarketosG0713
sufficient

ἀρκετός (arketos) ἀρκετός, -ή, -όν (ἀρκέω), [in Aq.: Deu.25:2 * ;] sufficient: Mat.6:34 (on the neut., see B1., § 31, 2); before ἵνα (M, Pr., 210), Mat.10:25; with inf., 1Pe.4:3 (for exx., see Deiss., BS, 257; MM, see word).† (AS)

forγὰρgarG1063
for

γάρ (gar) γάρ, co-ordinating particle, contr. of γε ἄρα, verily then, hence, in truth, indeed, yea, then, why, and when giving a reason or explanation, for, the usage in NT being in general accord with that of cl.; 1. explicative and epexegetic: Mat.4:18 19:12, Mrk.1:16 5:42 16:4, Luk.11:3o, Rom.7:1, 1Co.16:5, al. 2. Conclusive, in questions, answers and exclamations: Mat.9:5 27:23, Luk.9:25 22:27, Jhn.9:30, Act.8:31 16:37 19:35, Rom.15:26, 1Co.9:10, Php.1:18 (Ellic., in l.), 1Th.2:20, al. …

to usἡμῖνhēminG3165
me

μέ (me) 1. apostrophe for με. 2. rarely for μοι, (Homer) (ML)

having pastπαρεληλυθὼςparelēluthōsG3928
to pass by

παρέρχομαι (parerchomai) παρ-ἐρχομαι [in LXX chiefly for עָבַר ;] 1. to pass, pass by; (a) of persons: absol., Luk.18:37; with accusative of person(s), Mrk.6:48; with accusative lot., Act.16:8; before διά, with genitive, Mat.8:28; (b) of things : τ. ποτήριον, Mat.26:39 (ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ), Mat.26:42; of time, Mat.14:15, Mrk.14:35, Act.27:9, 1Pe.4:3. Metaphorical, (a) to pass away, perish: Mat.5:18 24:34-35 Mrk.13:30-31, Luk.16:17 21:32-33, 2Co.5:17, Jas.1:10, 2Pe.3:10; (b) to pass by, neglect, disregard: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.11:42 15:29. …

timeχρόνοςchronosG5550
time

χρόνος (chronos) χρόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for יוֹם, also for עֵת, etc. ;] time (a space of time, whether long or short; cf. Lft., Notes, 70): Mat.2:7, Mrk.9:21, Luk.1:57, Act.3:21 7:17, 23 13:18 17:30 27:9, Heb.11:32, 1Pe.1:17 4:3, Rev.10:6; στιγμὴ χρόνου, Luk.4:5; πλήρωμα τοῦ χ., Gal.4:4; ποιεῖν χ., Act.15:33 18:23; βιῶσαι, 1Pe.4:2; διδόναι, Rev.2:21; pl., χ. καὶ (ἢ) καιροί (Lft., l.with), Act.1:7, 1Th.5:1; ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτου τῶν χ. (χρόνου), 1Pe.1:20, Ju 18; with prep., ἄχρι, Act.3:21; διὰ τὸν χ., Heb.5:12; ἐν χ., Act.1:6, 21; ἐπὶ (πλείονα) χ., Luk.18:4, Act.18:20; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον χ., Rom.7:1, 1Co.7:39, Gal.4:1; κ …

of lifeβίουbiouG0979
life

βίος (bios) βίος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for יָמִים ;] 1. period or course of life, life: Luk.8:14, 1Ti.2:2, 2Ti.2:4, 1Jn.2:16. 2. living, livelihood, means (in Pro.31:14 for לֶחֶם; see DCG, ii, 39a): Mrk.12:44, Luk.8:43 15:12, 30 21:4, 1Jn.3:17.† …

desireβούλημαboulēmaG1013
plan

βούλημα (boulēma) βούλημα, -τος, τό (βούλομαι), [in LXX: Pro.9:10 (דַּעַת), 2Ma.15:5, 4Ma.8:18 * ;] purpose, will: Act.27:43, Rom.9:19, 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: θέλημα. (AS)

GentilesἐθνῶνethnōnG1484
Gentiles

ἔθνος (ethnos) ἔθνος, -ους, τό, [in LXX chiefly for עַם ,גּוֹי ;] 1. a multitude, a company, whether of beasts or men (Hom.). 2. a nation, people: Mat.21:43 24:7, Mrk.13:8, Luk.22:25, Act.10:35, al.; in sing., of the Jewish people, Luk.7:5 23:2, Jhn.11:48, 50-53 18:35, Act.10:22 24:3, 10 26:4 28:19. 3. In pl., as in OT, τὰ ἔ. (like Heb. הַגּוֹיִם), the nations, as distinct from Israel, Gentiles: Mat.4:15 6:32, Act.26:17, Rom.3:29 11:11 15:10, Gal.2:8, al.; of Gentile Christians, Rom.11:13 15:27 16:4, Gal.2:12, 14, Eph.3:1. SYN.: λαός (see DCG, ii, 229; Cremer, 226). (AS)

to have carried outκατειργάσθαιkateirgasthaiG2716
to workout/produce

κατεργάζομαι (katergazomai) κατ-εργάζομαι (emphatic form of ἐργάζομαι), [in LXX for פָּעַל, etc. (9 exx., each for a different Heb. word) ;] to effect by labour, achieve, work out, bring about: with accusative, Rom.4:15 5:3 7:8, 15-20, 2Co.7:10, Eph.6:13, Jas.1:3; pass., 2Co.12:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Rom.7:13, 2Co.4:17 7:11 9:11; id. before διά, with genitive of person(s), Rom.15:18; τ. σωτηρίαν, Php.2:12; with accusative of person(s) before εἰς, 2Co.5:5 (RV, wrought); of evil deeds, Rom.1:27 2:9, 1Co.5:3, 1Pe.4:3.† (AS)

having walkedπεπορευμένουςpeporeumenousG4198
to travel

πορεύω (poreuō) πορεύω, (πόρος, a ford, a passage), [in LXX chiefly for הלךְ ;] in cl. (the act. becomes obsolete in late Gk.; see M, Pr., 162), to cause to go over, carry, convey. Mid. (always in LXX and NT), ־ομαι, to go, proceed, go on one's way: with accusative, ὁδόν, Act.8:39; before ἐκεῖθεν, Mat.19:15; ἐντεῦθεν, Luk.13:31; ἀπό, Mat.25:41, Luk.4:42; εἰς, Mat.2:20, Mrk.16:12, Luk.1:39, Jhn.7:35, al; εἰς εἰρήνην (cf. 1Ki.1:17). Luk.7:50; ἐν εἰρήνῃ, Act.16:36; ἐπί, with accusative, Mat.22:9, Act.25:12, al; ἕως, Act.23:23; οὗ, Luk.24:28, 1Co.16:6; πρός, with accusative of person(s), Mat.25:9, Luk.11:5, al. …

inἐνenG1722
in/on/among

ἐν (en) ἐν, prep, (the most frequently of all in NT), with dative (= Heb. בְּ, Lat. in, with abl.). I. Of place, with dative of thing(s), of person(s), in, within, on, at, by, among: ἐν τ. πόλει, Luk.7:37; τ. οφθαλμῷ, Mat.7:3; τ. κοιλίᾳ, Mat.12:40; τ. ὄρει, 2Pe.1:18; τ. θρόνῳ, Rev.3:21; τ. δεξιᾷ τ. θεοῦ, Rom.8:34; ἐν ἡμῖν Abbott-Smith has ὑμῖν., Luk.1:1; of books, ἐν τ. βιβλίῳ, Gal.3:10; τ. νόμῳ, Mat.12:5, al.; ἐν τοῖς τ. Πατρός, in my Father's house (RV; cf. M, Pr., 103), Luk.2:49; trop., of the region of thought or feeling, ἐν τ. καρδίᾳ (-αις), Mat.5:28, 2Co.4:6, al.; τ. συνειδήσεσιν, 2Co.5:11; af …

sensuality,ἀσελγείαις,aselgeiaisG0766
debauchery

ἀσέλγεια (aselgeia) ἀσέλγεια, -ας, ἡ (ἀσελγής, licentious; see MM, see word), [in LXX: Wis.14:26, 3Ma.2:26 * ;] licentiousness, wantonness, excess: Mrk.7:22, Rom.13:13, 2Co.12:21, Gal.5:19 (Lft., in l), Eph.4:19, 1Pe.4:3, 2Pe.2:2 2:7 2:18, Ju 4.† SYN.: ἀσωτία, profligacy, prodigality (see Tr., Syn., § xvi; DB, iii, 46). (AS)

in lusts,ἐπιθυμίαις,epithumiaisG1939
desire

ἐπιθυμία (epithumia) ἐπιθυμία, -ας, ἡ (έπιθυμέω), [in LXX chiefly for תַּאֲוָה, אָוָה; also for חֶמֶד, etc. ;] desire, longing: Luk.22:15 (see: ἐπιθυμέω), Php.1:23, 1Th.2:17, Rev.18:14; p1., Mrk.4:19; esp. with ref. to forbidden things, desire, lust (Vg., concupiscentia): Rom.7:7-8, Jas.1:14-15, 2Pe.1:4; pl., Gal.5:24, 1Ti.6:9, 2Ti.2:22 4:3, 1Pe.1:14 4:2; πάθος ἐπιθυμίας, 1Th.4:5; ἐ. κακή, Col.3:5; with genitive, μιασμοῦ, 2Pe.2:10 (see Mayor, in l); τ. καρδιῶν, Rom.1:24; τ. κόσμου (aroused by the world), 1Jn.2:17; τ. σώματος, Rom.6:12; τ. ἀπάτης, Eph.4:22 (see ICC, in l); τ. σαρκός, 1Jn.2:16, 2Pe.2:18 (without ar …

in drunkenness,οἰνοφλυγίαις,oinophlugiaisG3632
drunkenness

οἰνοφλυγία (oinophlugia) οἰνοφλυγία, -ας, ἡ (φλύω, to bubble up, overflow), cf. -γέω, Deu.21:20 drunkenness, debauchery: 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)

in orgies,κώμοις,kōmoisG2970
orgy

κῶμος (kōmos) κῶμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Wis.14:23, 2Ma.6:4 * ;] a revel, carousal: Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21, 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)

in carousing,πότοις,potoisG4224
carousing

πότος (potos) πότος, -ου, ὁ (πίνω), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁתֶּה ;] a drinking bout, carousal: 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)

andκαὶkaiG2532
and

καί (kai) καί, conj., and I. Copulative. 1. Connecting single words; (a) in general: Mat.2:18, 16:1, Mrk.2:15, Luk.8:15, Heb.1:1, al. mult.; repeated before each of the terms in a series, Mat.23:23, Luk.14:21, Rom.7:12, 9:4, al. (b) connecting numerals (WM, §37, 4): Jhn.2:20, Act.13:20; (with) joining terms which are not mutually exclusive, as the part with the whole: Mat.8:33, 26:59, Mrk.16:17, Act.5:29, al. 2. Connecting clauses and sentences: Mat.3:12, Act.5:21, al. mult.; esp. …

in abominableἀθεμίτοιςathemitoisG0111
unlawful

ἀθέμιτος (athemitos) ἀ-θέμιτος (late form of ἀθέμιστος, LS, MM, VGT, see word), -ον (θέμις, custom, right), [in LXX: 2Ma.6:5 7:1 10:34, 3Ma.5:20 * ;] (a) of persons, lawless (III Mac, l.with); (b) of things, lawless, unlawful: Act.10:28, 1Pe.4:3.† SYN.: see: ἄθεσμος. (AS)

idolatries;εἰδωλολατρίαις·eidōlolatriaisG1495
idolatry

εἰδωλολατρεία (eidōlolatreia) εἰδωλο-λατρία (-εία, Rec.), -ας, ἡ (εἴδωλον, λατρεία), idolatry: 1Co.10:14, Gal.5:20, Col.3:5; pl. (Bl, §32, 6), 1Pe.4:3 (Cremer, 390).† (AS)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.