1 Peter 4:3

Context
4:3 For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians¹ desire.² You lived then³ in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts,⁴ and wanton idolatries.⁵

1 Peter 2:9

Context
2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues⁶ of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Peter 2:12

Context
2:12 and maintain good conduct⁷ among the non-Christians,⁸ so that though⁹ they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.¹⁰

[4:3] ¹tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[4:3] ²tn Grk “to accomplish the desire of the Gentiles.”

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

[4:3] ⁴tn 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] ⁵tn The Greek words here all occur in the plural to describe their common practice in the past.

[2:9] ⁶sn This verse contains various allusions and quotations from Exod 19:5-6; 23:22 (LXX); Isa 43:20-21; and Mal 3:17.

[2:12] ¹¹tn Grk “keeping your conduct good.”

[2:12] ¹²tn Grk “the Gentiles,” used here of those who are not God’s people.

[2:12] ¹³tn Grk “in order that in what they malign you.”

[2:12] ¹⁴tn Or “when he visits.” Grk “in the day of visitation,” denoting a time when God intervenes directly in human affairs, either for blessing (Luke 1:68, 78; 7:16; 19:44) or for judgment (Isa 10:3; Jer 6:15). This phrase may be a quotation from Isa 10:3, in which case judgment is in view here. But blessing seems to be the point, since part of the motive for good behavior is winning the non-Christian over to the faith (as in 3:1; also apparently in 3:15; cf. Matt 5:16).