1 Therefore, since Christ suffered  * in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same understanding  *  — because the one who suffers in the flesh is finished  * with sin  *  —  2 in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.  *3 For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires,  * drunkenness, orgies,  * carousing, and lawless idolatry. 4 They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living — and they slander  * you. 5 They will give an account to the one who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.  *