1 Peter 4:3

ἀρκετὸς γὰρ ἡμῖν ὁ παρεληλυθὼς χρόνος τοῦ βίου τὸ θέλημα τῶν ἐθνῶν κατεργάσασθαι πεπορευμένους ἐν ἀσελγείαις ἐπιθυμίαις οἰνοφλυγίαις κώμοις πότοις καὶ ἀθεμίτοις εἰδωλολατρείαις·
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:
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ἀρκετὸς
G713 A-NSM
arketos
satisfactory
  • sufficient, enough
γὰρ
G1063 CONJ
gar
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
  • for
ἡμῖν
G2254
hēmin
to (or for, with, by) us
  • us, we, our
ὁ
G3588 T-NSM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
παρεληλυθὼς
G3928 V-2RAP-NSM
parerchomai
to come near or aside, i.e., to approach (arrive), go by (or away), (figuratively) perish or neglect, (causative) avert
  • to go past, pass by
    • of persons moving forward
      • to pass by
      of time
      • an act continuing for a time
      metaphorically
      • to pass away, perish
        • "to pass by (pass over), that is, to neglect, omit, (transgress)"to be led by, to be carried past, be averted
    to come near, come forward, arrive
χρόνος
G5550 N-NSM
chronos
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G0165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
  • time either long or short
τοῦ
G3588
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
βίου
G979
bios
life, i.e., (literally) the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood
  • life
    • life extensively
      • the period or course of life
      that by which life is sustained, resources, wealth, goods
τὸ
G3588 T-ASN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
θέλημα
G2307
thelēma
a determination (properly, the thing), i.e., (actively) choice (specially, purpose, decree; abstractly, volition) or (passively) inclination
  • what one wishes or has determined shall be done
    • of the purpose of God to bless mankind through Christ
      • "of what God wishes to be done by us
      • commands, precepts
    will, choice, inclination, desire, pleasure
τῶν
G3588 T-GPN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἐθνῶν
G1484 N-GPN
ethnos
a race (as of the same habit), i.e., a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually, by implication, pagan)
  • a multitude (whether of men or of beasts) associated or living together
    • a company, troop, swarm
    a multitude of individuals of the same nature or genus
    • the human race
    a race, nation, people group"in the Old Testament, foreign nations not worshipping the true God, pagans, Gentiles"Paul uses the term for Gentile Christians
κατεργάσασθαι
G2716
katergazomai
to work fully, i.e., accomplish; by implication, to finish, fashion
  • to perform, accomplish, achieve
    • "to work out i.e., to do that from which something results
    • of things: bring about, result in
    to fashion i.e., render one fit for a thing
πεπορευμένους
G4198 V-RNP-APM
poreuomai
to traverse, i.e., travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.)
  • to lead over, carry over, transfer
    • to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to continue on one's journey
      • "to depart from life"to follow one, that is: become his adherent
      • to lead or order one's life
ἐν
G1722 PREP
en
___%___in,___%___ at, (up-)on, by, etc
  • in, by, with
ἀσελγείαις
G766 N-DPF
aselgeia
licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)
  • unbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence
ἐπιθυμίαις
G1939 N-DPF
epithymia
a longing (especially for what is forbidden)
  • desire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lust
οἰνοφλυγίαις
G3632 N-DPF
oinophlygia
an overflow (or surplus) of wine, i.e., vinolency (drunkenness)
  • drunkenness
κώμοις
G2970 N-DPM
kōmos
a carousal (as if letting loose)
  • a revel, carousal
    • a nocturnal and riotous procession of half drunken and frolicsome fellows who after supper parade through the streets with torches and music in honor of Bacchus or some other deity, and sing and play before houses of male and female friends; hence used generally of feasts and drinking parties that are protracted till late at night and indulge in revelry
πότοις
G4224 N-DPM
potos
a drinking-bout or carousal
  • a drinking, carousing
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
ἀθεμίτοις
G111 A-DPF
athemitos
illegal; by implication, flagitious
  • contrary to law and justice, prohibited by law, illicit, criminal
εἰδωλολατρείαις·
G1495
eidōlolatreia
image-worship (literally or figuratively)
  • the worship of false gods, idolatry
    • of the formal sacrificial feats held in honor of false gods
      • "of avarice, as a worship of Mammon
    in the plural, the vices springing from idolatry and peculiar to it

ἀρκετὸς γὰρ ἡμῖν ὁ παρεληλυθὼς χρόνος τοῦ βίου τὸ θέλημα τῶν ἐθνῶν κατεργάσασθαι πεπορευμένους ἐν ἀσελγείαις ἐπιθυμίαις οἰνοφλυγίαις κώμοις πότοις καὶ ἀθεμίτοις εἰδωλολατρείαις·
3
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:
Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:11

καὶ ταῦτά τινες ἦτε· ἀλλὰ ἀπελούσασθε ἀλλὰ ἡγιάσθητε ἀλλ' ἐδικαιώθητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν
11
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Ephesians 5:18

καὶ μὴ μεθύσκεσθε οἴνῳ ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἀσωτία ἀλλὰ πληροῦσθε ἐν πνεύματι
18
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

1 Thessalonians 4:5

μὴ ἐν πάθει ἐπιθυμίας καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ εἰδότα τὸν θεόν
5
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

1 Peter 1:14

ὡς τέκνα ὑπακοῆς μὴ συσχηματιζόμενοι ταῖς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ ὑμῶν ἐπιθυμίαις
14
As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Ephesians 2:2

ἐν αἷς ποτε περιεπατήσατε κατὰ τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου κατὰ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ ἀέρος τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ νῦν ἐνεργοῦντος ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῆς ἀπειθείας·
2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

Ephesians 4:17

Τοῦτο οὖν λέγω καὶ μαρτύρομαι ἐν κυρίῳ μηκέτι ὑμᾶς περιπατεῖν καθὼς καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη περιπατεῖ ἐν ματαιότητι τοῦ νοὸς αὐτῶν
17
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Galatians 5:21

φθόνοι φόνοι μέθαι κῶμοι καὶ τὰ ὅμοια τούτοις ἃ προλέγω ὑμῖν καθὼς καὶ προεῖπον ὅτι οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντες βασιλείαν θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν
21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell before, you as I have also in time past, told you that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:19

φανερὰ δέ ἐστιν τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός ἅτινά ἐστιν μοιχεία πορνεία ἀκαθαρσία ἀσέλγεια
19
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

Ezekiel 45:9

כֹּֽה-אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה רַב-לָכֶם נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל חָמָס וָשֹׁד הָסִירוּ וּמִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה עֲשׂוּ הָרִימוּ גְרֻשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם מֵעַל עַמִּי נְאֻם אֲדֹנָי יְהוִֽה׃
9
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

Revelation 17:4

καὶ ἡ γυνὴ ἦν περιβεβλημένη πορφύρᾳ καὶ κόκκινῳ καὶ κεχρυσωμένη χρυσῷ καὶ λίθῳ τιμίῳ καὶ μαργαρίταις ἔχουσα χρυσοῦν ποτήριον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτῆς γέμον βδελυγμάτων καὶ ἀκάθαρτητος πορνείας αὐτῆς
4
And the woman in was arrayed purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

Jude 1:4

παρεισέδυσαν γάρ τινες ἄνθρωποι οἱ πάλαι προγεγραμμένοι εἰς τοῦτο τὸ κρίμα ἀσεβεῖς τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν χάριν μετατιθέντες εἰς ἀσέλγειαν καὶ τὸν μόνον δεσπότην Θεὸν καὶ Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἀρνούμενοι
4
For there are certain in unawares, men crept who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 28:7

וְגַם-אֵלֶּה בַּיַּיִן שָׁגוּ וּבַשֵּׁכָר תָּעוּ כֹּהֵן וְנָבִיא שָׁגוּ בַשֵּׁכָר נִבְלְעוּ מִן-הַיַּיִן תָּעוּ מִן-הַשֵּׁכָר שָׁגוּ בָּֽרֹאֶה פָּקוּ פְּלִילִיָּֽה׃
7
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Ezekiel 44:6

וְאָמַרְתָּ אֶל-מֶרִי אֶל-בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה רַב-לָכֶם מִֽכָּל-תּוֹעֲבוֹתֵיכֶם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
6
And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,

Acts 17:30

τοὺς μὲν οὖν χρόνους τῆς ἀγνοίας ὑπεριδὼν ὁ θεὸς τὰ νῦν παραγγέλλει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πάσιν πανταχοῦ μετανοεῖν
30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

1 Corinthians 12:2

Οἴδατε ὅτι ἔθνη ἦτε πρὸς τὰ εἴδωλα τὰ ἄφωνα ὡς ἂν ἤγεσθε ἀπαγόμενοι
2
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.

Proverbs 23:29

לְמִי אוֹי לְמִי אֲבוֹי לְמִי ‫(מדונים)‬ מִדְיָנִים׀ לְמִי שִׂיחַ לְמִי פְּצָעִים חִנָּם לְמִי חַכְלִלוּת עֵינָֽיִם׃
29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

2 Chronicles 15:8

וְכִשְׁמֹעַ אָסָא הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְהַנְּבוּאָה עֹדֵד הַנָּבִיא הִתְחַזַּק וַיַּֽעֲבֵר הַשִּׁקּוּצִים מִכָּל-אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וּמִן-הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר לָכַד מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וַיְחַדֵּשׁ אֶת-מִזְבַּח יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי אוּלָם יְהוָֽה׃
8
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

Romans 8:12

Ἄρα οὖν ἀδελφοί ὀφειλέται ἐσμέν οὐ τῇ σαρκὶ τοῦ κατὰ σάρκα ζῆν
12
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

Isaiah 65:4

הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים בַּקְּבָרִים וּבַנְּצוּרִים יָלִינוּ הָאֹֽכְלִים בְּשַׂר הַחֲזִיר ‫(ופרק)‬ וּמְרַק פִּגֻּלִים כְּלֵיהֶֽם׃
4
Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;

1 Kings 21:26

וַיַּתְעֵב מְאֹד לָלֶכֶת אַֽחֲרֵי הַגִּלֻּלִים כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ הָֽאֱמֹרִי אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִישׁ יְהוָה מִפְּנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
26
And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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