2 so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer by human passions but by the will of God.

3 Let the time that is past suffice for doing what the Gentiles like to do, living in licentiousness, passions, drunkenness, revels, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

4 They are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse you;

5 but they will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

6 For this is why the gospel was preached even to the dead, that though judged in the flesh like men, they might live in the spirit like God.

7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers.