1 Peter 4:3
1 Peter · New Testament · Chapter 4
“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:”1 Peter 4:3
What Does 1 Peter 4:3 Mean?
1 Peter 4:3 is found in the book of 1 Peter, chapter 4, verse 3 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Sin, Self-Control, and Temptation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Peter 4:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 1:1“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.”Ephesians 4:17“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,”Luke 21:34“And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.”Ephesians 4:22“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”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.”Acts 17:30“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”Ephesians 5:18“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;”Ephesians 2:2“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:”Colossians 3:7“In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.”1 Thessalonians 4:5“Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:”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.”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.”1 Peter 1:18“Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;”Romans 1:23“And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.”1 Peter 1:14“As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:”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.”Galatians 4:8“Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.”Galatians 5:19“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”Ephesians 5:12“For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.”
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