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1Pe 4:3. Ἀρκετὸς, sufficeth) A lowering of expression [MEIOSIS. See Append.]: for not even ought the past times to have been wasted in sins. At the same time a loathing of sin is expressed on the part of those who repent.-κατεργάσασθαι, to have wrought) namely, for you[36] to have wrought. This is shortly afterwards explained.-πεπορευμένους, when ye walked) advanced madly. The antithesis to this word is πορευθεὶς, He went and, is gone and, ch. 1Pe 3:19; 1Pe 3:22.-οἰνοφλυγίαις, κώμοις, πότοις, in excess of wine, revellings, and banquetings) Those before mentioned are practised by individuals, these by clubs.-ἀθεμίτοις, in abominations) by which the most sacred law of God is violated: Rom 1:23-24.-εἰδωλολατρείαις, idolatries) of various kinds. So, in the antithesis, the word manifold or various, 1Pe 4:10.
[36] Rec. Text reads ἡμῖν after ἀρκετὸς γάρ, with C alone of the oldest authorities But AB Vulg. and both Syr. omit ἡμῖν. So Beng. understands the “you.”-E.