1 Peter 1:20

1:20 He was foreknown ¹  before the foundation of the world but ²  was manifested in these last times ³  for your sake.

1 Peter 4:2

4:2 in that he spends the rest of his time ⁴  on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

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 ⁵  in reverence.

1 Peter 4:3

4:3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians ⁶  desire. ⁷  You lived then ⁸  in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, ⁹  and wanton idolatries. ¹⁰ 

[1:20]  ¹ tn Grk “who was foreknown,” describing Christ in v. 19. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[1:20]  ² tn Greek emphasizes the contrast between these two clauses more than can be easily expressed in English.

[1:20]  ³ tn Grk “at the last of the times.”

[4:2]  ⁴ tn This verse may give the purpose or result of their “arming” themselves as called for in v. 1b and then the translation would be: “so that you may spend the rest of your time…” But it is better to take it as explanatory of the last phrase in v. 1: what it means to be finished with sin.

[1:17]  ⁷ 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).

[4:3]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[4:3]  ¹¹ tn Grk “to accomplish the desire of the Gentiles.”

[4:3]  ¹² tn Grk “having gone along,” referring to the readers’ behavior in time past.

[4:3]  ¹³ 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.

[4:3]  ¹⁴ tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past.