For we have spent enough of our past [a]lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:3 NU time

For (A)the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, [a](B)having pursued a course of indecent behavior, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties, and wanton idolatries.

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  1. 1 Peter 4:3 Lit having gone in

13 But when you give a feast, invite (A)the poor, the [a]maimed, the lame, the blind.

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  1. Luke 14:13 crippled

13 But whenever you give a [a]banquet, invite people who are poor, who have disabilities, who are limping, and people who are blind;

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  1. Luke 14:13 Or reception

49 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, (A)fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had (A)arrogance, (B)plenty of food, and (C)carefree ease, but she did not [a]help the (D)poor and needy.

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  1. Ezekiel 16:49 Lit grasp the hand of