For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians<n id="1" /> desire.<n id="2" /> You lived then<n id="3" /> in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts,<n id="4" /> and wanton idolatries.<n id="5" />

But you are <i>a chosen racei>, <i>a royal priesthoodi>, <i>a holy nationi>, <i>a people of his owni>, so that you may <i>proclaim the virtuesi><n id="1" /> of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

and maintain good conduct<n id="1" /> among the non-Christians,<n id="2" /> so that though<n id="3" /> they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears.<n id="4" />p>