1 Peter 4:3 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Peter 4:3, Berean Standard Bible
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Peter is writing to Christians scattered across Asia Minor, most of them converted from pagan worship, and he reminds them that their former life is finished. The list he gives describes the social world they once belonged to, especially the public feasts tied to temple worship, where drunkenness and sexual excess were part of the occasion.
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