Parallel Verses English Standard Version Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. King James Bible Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; American Standard Version Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul; Douay-Rheims Bible Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul, English Revised Version Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Webster's Bible Translation Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Weymouth New Testament 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. 1 Peter 2:11 Parallel Commentary Vincent's Word StudiesBeloved (ἀγαπητοί) A favorite term with Peter, occurring eight times in the epistles. See the phrase, our beloved. Barnabas and Paul, Acts 15:25, in the letter sent by the council at Jerusalem to the Gentile Christians, the account of which, doubtless, came from Peter. Compare our beloved brother Paul, 2 Peter 3:15. Strangers (παροίκους) Rev., sojourners. Compare 1 Peter 1:17, "the time of your sojourning (παροικίας)." Which (αἵτινες) The compound pronoun denotes a class, of that kind which, classifying all fleshly desires in one category. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I beseech. as. Psalm 119:19,54 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me... abstain. war. Romans 7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind... Cross References Leviticus 25:23 "The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. Psalm 39:12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers. Romans 7:23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 13:14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires. Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. Galatians 5:24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Jump to Previous 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 YourselvesJump to Next 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 YourselvesLinks 1 Peter 2:11 NIV1 Peter 2:11 NLT 1 Peter 2:11 ESV 1 Peter 2:11 NASB 1 Peter 2:11 KJV 1 Peter 2:11 Bible Apps 1 Peter 2:11 Biblia Paralela 1 Peter 2:11 Chinese Bible 1 Peter 2:11 French Bible 1 Peter 2:11 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |