1 Peter 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

Wherein - in respect to which abandonment of your former walk (1 Peter 4:3).

Run not with them - eagerly, in troops (Bengel).

Excess, х anachusin (G401)] - profusion; sink: stagnant water after an inundation.

Riot - profligacy.

Speaking evil - charging you with pride, singularity, hypocrisy, and secret crimes (2 Peter 2:2). However, there is no Greek "of you;" simply 'blaspheming.' It seems always used, either directly or indirectly, of impious reviling against God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, or the Christian religion; not merely against men as such (Greek, 1 Peter 4:14).

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: