1 Peter 1:17

1:17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here ¹  in reverence.

1 Peter 4:3

4:3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians ²  desire. ³  You lived then ⁴  in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, ⁵  and wanton idolatries. ⁶ 

1 Peter 5:2

5:2 Give a shepherd’s care to ⁷  God’s flock among you, exercising oversight ⁸  not merely as a duty ⁹  but willingly under God’s direction, ¹⁰  not for shameful profit but eagerly.

¹ tn Grk “the time of your sojourn,” picturing the Christian’s life in this world as a temporary stay in a foreign country (cf. 1:1).

² tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

³ tn Grk “to accomplish the desire of the Gentiles.”

⁴ tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.

⁵ 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.

⁶ tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past.

³ tn Grk “shepherd,” “tend,” “pastor.”

⁴ tc A few important mss (א* B sa) lack ἐπισκοποῦντες (episkopounte", “exercising oversight”), but the participle enjoys otherwise good ms support (Ì⁷² א² A P Ψ 33 1739 Ï lat). A decision is difficult because normally the shorter reading is preferred, especially when found in excellent witnesses. However, in this instance the omission may be due to a hesitation among some scribes to associate oversight with elders, since the later church viewed overseer/bishop as a separate office from elder.

⁵ tn Or “not under compulsion/coercion.”

⁶ tn Grk “according to God.”