2 *Rom. 6:14;14:7;2 Cor. 5:15so as to live for *ch. 1:14the rest of the time in the flesh *Titus 2:12;1 John 2:16no longer for human passions but *Rom. 6:11for the will of God. 3 For the time that is past *Ezek. 44:6;45:9;Acts 17:30suffices *Eph. 4:17-19;1 Thess. 4:5;[1 Cor. 12:2]for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 4 With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of *See Eph. 5:18debauchery, and *ch. 2:12;3:16they malign you; 5 but they will give account to him who is ready *[James 5:9]; See Acts 10:42to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this is why *ch. 3:19the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.

7 *See James 5:8The end of all things is at hand; therefore *See ch. 1:13be self-controlled and sober-minded *Matt. 26:41;Luke 21:36for the sake of your prayers.