1 Peter 2:11 Parallel Translations

Dear friends, since you are foreigners and temporary residents in the world, I'm encouraging you to keep away from the desires of your corrupt nature. These desires constantly attack you.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

ASV:

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;

BBE:

My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

DBY:

Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

ERV:

Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

WEY:

Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the soul.

WBS:

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

WEB:

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

YLT:

Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

1 Peter 2:11 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 25:23 The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me.

Psalm 39:12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers.

Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Galatians 5:24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,

Hebrews 6:9 But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way.

Hebrews 11:13 All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

James 4:1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?

1 Peter 1:17 If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;

1 Peter 4:12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:11 {9} Dearly beloved, {10} I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, {11} abstain from fleshly lusts, {12} which war against the soul;
(9) He returns to that general exhortation.
(10) A reason why we ought to live holy, that is, because we are citizens of heaven, and therefore we ought to live not according to the laws of this world, which is most corrupt, but of the heavenly city, although we are strangers in the world.
(11) Another argument: The children of God live not according to the flesh, that is, according to that corrupt nature, but according to the Spirit. Therefore fleshly actions should not rule us.
(12) The third argument: for although those lusts gratify us, yet they do not cease to fight against our salvation.

PNT:

2:11 I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims. As sojourners (Revised Version). They were all, like the fathers (Heb 11:13), only pilgrims and sojourners on the earth, seeking for a better home. Hence they should
abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul, which would destroy their prospects of that home.

WES:

2:11 Here begins the exhortation drawn from the second motive. Sojourners: pilgrims - The first word properly means, those who are in a strange house; the second, those who are in a strange country. You sojourn in the body; you are pilgrims in this world. Abstain from desires of anything in this house, or in this country.

MHC:

2:11,12 Even the best of men, the chosen generation, the people of God, need to be exhorted to keep from the worst sins. And fleshly lusts are most destructive to man's soul. It is a sore judgment to be given up to them. There is a day of visitation coming, wherein God may call to repentance by his word and his grace; then many will glorify God, and the holy lives of his people will have promoted the happy change.

CONC:

Abstain Aliens Beg Beloved Beseech Cravings Dear Dearly Desires Entreat Exhort Exiles Flesh Fleshly Foreigners Friends Heart Indulge Loved Lower Lust Lusts Natures Ones Passions Pilgrims Request Sinful Sojourners Soul Strange Strangers Urge Wage War Yourselves

Abstain Aliens Beg Beloved Beseech Country Cravings Dear Dearly Desires Entreat Exiles Flesh Fleshly Foreigners Friends Heart Indulge Loved Lusts Natures Ones Passions Pilgrims Request Sinful Soul Strange Strangers Urge Wage War World Yourselves

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