Following Christ

4 Therefore, since Christ suffered^[a] in the flesh,^[b] equip^[c] yourselves also with the same resolve^[d]—because the one who suffered in the flesh has finished^(A) with sin^[e]— ² in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires,^[f] but for God’s will.^{(B) 3} For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do:^[g] carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires,^(C) drunkenness, orgies,^(D) carousing, and lawless idolatry. ⁴ So they are surprised that you don’t plunge with them into the same flood^[h] 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.^{(E) 6} For this reason the gospel was also preached to those who are now dead,^(F) so that, although they might be judged by men in the fleshly^(G) realm,^[i] they might live^(H) by God in the spiritual realm.^[j]