1 Peter 4:3 KJV

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:

Words Then and Now

wrought made; worked Still heard today: wrought iron, iron worked by hand Webster’s 1828 · Work

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

The consideration of Christ's sufferings is urged for purity and holinessThe strongest and best arguments against sin, are taken from the sufferings of Christ. He died to destroy sin; and though he cheerfully submitted to the...

Thompson Chains

Old LifeLink 4 of 5 · next 2 Peter 1:9
Drunkenness (1)See the chain from Deuteronomy 21:20 · 10 links
Idolatry (4)See the chain from Exodus 32:4 · 17 links
RevelryLast of 7 links
Sinful WalkLast of 5 links
ExcessLast of 6 links

Cross References

Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
1 Thessalonians 4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
Isaiah 28:7 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 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,
Ezekiel 45:9 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.
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
Galatians 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Revelation 17:4–5 And the woman was arrayed in 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: …
Deuteronomy 12:30–31 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. …
2 Samuel 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
1 Kings 21:26 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.
2 Chronicles 15:8 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.
Proverbs 23:29–35 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? …
Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah 65:4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
Jeremiah 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Mark 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
Romans 1:20–32 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: …
Romans 8:12–13 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. …
Romans 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
1 Corinthians 6:11 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.
1 Corinthians 12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
2 Corinthians 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
Ephesians 2:2–3 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 4:17–19 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, …
Titus 3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
1 Peter 1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
Jude 1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, 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.

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Topics

Adultery General scriptures concerning Adultery
Amusements and worldly pleasures A characteristic of the wicked
Commandments Precepts of, explicitly stated or implied in didactic epistles
Gentiles Unclassified sciptures relating to Gentiles
Gluttony General scriptures concerning Gluttony
Idolatry Licentiousness of
Lasciviousness General scriptures concerning Lasciviousness
Lust Evil desire
Persecution Of the righteous
Sin Fruits of Sin
Worldliness General scriptures concerning Worldliness

Bible Dictionary

Gentiles(Heb., usually in plural, goyim), meaning in general all nations except the Jews. In course of time, as the Jews began more and more to...

Greek and Strong’s

For γὰρ gar γάρ Conjunction
the time χρόνος chronos χρόνος Noun · nominative masculine singular
past ὁ ho Article · nominative masculine singular παρεληλυθὼς parelēlythōs παρέρχομαι Verb · perfect active participle, nominative masculine singular
of our life τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular βίου biou βίος Noun · genitive masculine singular
may suffice Ἀρκετὸς Arketos ἀρκετός Adjective · nominative masculine singular
us ἡμῖν hēmin Pronoun · first person, dative plural ἡμῖν hēmîn
to have wrought κατεργάσασθαι katergasasthai κατεργάζομαι Verb · aorist middle infinitive
the will τὸ to Article · accusative neuter singular θέλημα thelēma θέλημα Noun · accusative neuter singular
of the Gentiles τῶν tōn Article · genitive neuter plural Ἐθνῶν Ethnōn ἔθνος Noun · genitive neuter plural
when we walked πεπορευμένους peporeumenous πορεύομαι Verb · perfect middle participle, accusative masculine plural
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
lasciviousness ἀσελγείαις aselgeiais ἀσέλγεια Noun · dative feminine plural
lusts ἐπιθυμίαις epithymiais ἐπιθυμία Noun · dative feminine plural
excess of wine οἰνοφλυγίαις oinophlygiais οἰνοφλυγία Noun · dative feminine plural
revellings κώμοις kōmois κῶμος Noun · dative masculine plural
banquetings πότοις potois πότος Noun · dative masculine plural
and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
abominable ἀθεμίτοις athemitois ἀθέμιτος Adjective · dative feminine plural
idolatries εἰδωλολατρείαις eidōlolatreiais εἰδωλολατρεία Noun · dative feminine plural

Greek: KJTR, Alan Bunning, CNTR · CC BY 4.0

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