1 Peter 4:4 - Easy To Read Version Those non-believers think that it is strange that you don’t do the many wild and wasteful things that they do. And so they say bad things about you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They are astonished and think it very queer that you do not now run hand in hand with them in the same excesses of dissipation, and they abuse [you]. American Standard Version (1901) wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: Common English Bible They think it’s strange that you don’t join in these activities with the same flood of unrestrained wickedness. So they slander you. Catholic Public Domain Version About this, they wonder why you do not rush with them into the same confusion of indulgences, blaspheming. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherein they think it strange, that you run not with them into the same confusion of riotousness, speaking evil of you. |
“It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. {\cf2\super [345]} You are hypocrites. {\cf2\super [346]} You wash clean the outside of your cups and dishes. But inside they are full of things that you got by cheating other people and pleasing yourselves.
Then the younger son gathered up all that he had and left. He traveled far away to another country. There the son wasted his money living like a fool.
The Jews saw all these people there. So the Jews became very jealous. They said some very bad things and argued against the words that Paul said.
But the Jews there would not accept Paul’s teaching. They said some very bad things. So Paul shook off the dust from his clothes. {\cf2\super [363]} He said to the Jews, “If you are not saved, it will be your own fault! I have done all I can do! After this, I will go only to non-Jewish people!”
We should live in a right way, like people that belong to the day. We should not have wild and wasteful parties. We should not be drunk. We should not do sexual sins or sin in any way with our bodies. We should not cause arguments and trouble or be jealous.
Don’t be drunk with wine. That will ruin (destroy) you spiritually. But be filled with the Spirit. {\cf2\super [39]}
People who don’t believe are living all around you. Those people may say that you are doing wrong. So live good lives. Then they will see the good things you do, and they will give glory to God on that day when he comes.
But answer those people in a gentle way with respect. Always be able to feel that you are doing right. When you do that, the people who say bad things about you will be made ashamed. They say these bad things about the good way you live in Christ. They will be made ashamed for the bad things they said about you.
But these false teachers speak evil against things they don’t understand. These false teachers are like animals that do things without really thinking—like wild animals that are born to be caught and killed. And, like wild animals, these false teachers will be destroyed.
What those people did is like this true saying: “When a dog vomits (throws up), he comes back to his vomit.” {\cf2\super [10]} And, “After a pig is washed, the pig goes back and rolls in the mud again.”