Deeds of the flesh Part 6

The last three words are, envying, drunkenness, carousing. Envy is the word φθόνος (G5355) phthónos; gen. phthónou, masc. noun. Envy, jealousy, pain felt and malignity conceived at the sight of excellence or happiness.[1] Envy may also be defined as: painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with a desire to possess the same advantage [2] Note in the dictionary definition that it adds “a desire to possess the same advantage”. Envy then carries with it the idea of you should not have that but I should.
Drunkenness is simply that, getting drunk. We are commanded “And don’t get drunk with wine, which ⌊leads to⌋ reckless actions, but be filled with the Spirit:”[3] The HCSB translation has a more clear translation here than the NASB. Drunkenness leads to recklessness, contrasted with being filled with the Spirit which does not lead to recklessness.
Carousing is not a word that is used much in English. So, to me anyway, its meaning is not clear. In the Greek it is the word κῶμος (G2970) kṓmos; gen. kṓmou, masc. noun. A feasting, used in the pl. only in the NT meaning riotous conduct (Rom 13:13); reveling (Gal 5:21; 1Pe 4:3); festivities in honor of several gods, especially Bacchus, the god of wine, hence feastings and drunkenness with impurity and obscenity of the grossest kind. Therefore, it always presupposes a festive company and drunken revelers.[4] In today’s vernacular we might say “partying” in order to encompass the thought behind κῶμος.
One more thing to note before we move on is that the Greek word for world here is not κοσμος (G2889) but is instead αἰων (G165). κοσμος refers to a place, but αἰων refers to time. So one could think of this as saying “do not be conformed to the time in which we live…”
So far we have demonstrated from the text that we have pressures from the world and from within ourselves, so how do we move past this?

[1] The Complete Word Study New Testament
[2]Merriam-Webster, I. (2003). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. Includes index. (Eleventh ed.). Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
[3]The Holy Bible: Holman Christian standard version. 2003 (Eph 5:18). Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.
[4] The Complete Word Study New Testament