1 Peter 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: They think it strange - Ξενιζονται· They wonder and are astonished at you, that ye can renounce these gratifications of the flesh for a spiritual something, the good of which they cannot see.

Excess of riot - Ασωτιας αναχυσιν· Flood of profligacy; bearing down all rule, order, and restraints before it.

Speaking evil of you - Βλασφημουντες· Literally, blaspheming; i.e. speaking impiously against God, and calumniously of you.

1 Peter 4:4

4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: