in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.(A) For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires,(B) drunkenness, orgies,(C) carousing, and lawless idolatry. They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living—and they slander[a] you.

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  1. 4:4 Or blaspheme

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