1 Peter 4:3

For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians ¹  desire. ²  You lived then ³  in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, ⁴  and wanton idolatries. ⁵ 

De 12:30,31; 2Sa 13:28; 1Ki 21:26; 2Ch 15:8; Pr 23:29-35; Isa 5:11; Isa 28:7; Isa 65:4; Jer 16:18; Eze 44:6; Eze 45:9; Mr 7:22; Ac 17:30; Ro 1:20-32; Ro 8:12,13; 1Co 6:11; 2Co 12:21; Ga 5:19; Ga 5:21; Eph 2:2,3; Eph 4:17; Eph 4:19; Eph 5:18; 1Th 4:5; Tit 3:3; 1Pe 1:14; Jude 1:4; Re 17:4,5

¹ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

² tn Grk “to accomplish the desire of the Gentiles.”

³ tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.

⁴ tn According to BDAG 857 s.v. πότος the term refers to a social gathering at which wine is served, hence “drinking parties” (cf. TEV, NASB). However, the collocation with the other terms in v. 4 suggests something less sophisticated and more along the lines of wild and frenzied drinking bouts.

⁵ tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past.