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Wherein (en hōi). “In which thing” (manner of life).
They think it strange (xenizontai). Present passive indicative of xenizō, old verb (from xenos, stranger), to entertain a guest (Act 10:23), to astonish (Act 17:20). See also 1Pe 4:12. “They are surprised or astonished.”
That ye run not with them (mē suntrechontōn humōn). Genitive absolute (negative mē) with present active participle of suntrechō, old compound, to run together like a crowd or a mob as here (just like our phrase, “running with certain folks”).
Into the same excess of riot (eis tēn autēn tēs asōtias anachusin). Anachusin (from anacheō to pour forth) is a late and rare word, our overflowing, here only in N.T. Asōtias is the character of an abandoned man (asōtos, cf. asōtōs in Luk 15:13), old word for a dissolute life, in N.T. only here, Eph 5:18; Tit 1:6.
Speaking evil of you (blasphēmountes). Present active participle of blasphēmeō as in Luk 22:65. “The Christians were compelled to stand aloof from all the social pleasures of the world, and the Gentiles bitterly resented their puritanism, regarding them as the enemies of all joy, and therefore of the human race” (Bigg).