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1 Peter 2:11

TemptationPurityThe stranger and outcastSpiritual warfare

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

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

12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

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BSB
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
KJV
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,
ASV
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
DARBY
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
BLB
Beloved, I exhort [you], as foreigners and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly desires, which war against the soul,
ÅB
Dere elskede! jeg formaner dere som fremmede og utlendinger at dere avholder dere fra de kjødelige lyster, som strider mot sjelen,
OTB
Elskede, jeg formaner dere som fremmede og utlendinger til å avstå fra de kjødelige lyster, som fører krig mot sjelen.
B1930
I elskede! jeg formaner eder som fremmede og utlendinger at I avholder eder fra de kjødelige lyster, som strider mot sjelen,

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Cross references

  • 1 John 2:15–17

    Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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  • Galatians 5:24

    And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

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  • 1 Peter 4:2

    That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.

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  • Hebrews 11:13

    These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

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  • Romans 8:13

    For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:15

    For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

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  • James 4:1

    From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

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  • Romans 12:1

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

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