1 Peter 2:11

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Summary

1 Peter 2:11

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

As

1 Peter 1:1

Hebrews 11:13

Abstain

War

James 4:1

Bible References

As

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who are scattered as foreigners over Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.

Abstain

and no longer lives by what men desire, but for the rest of his earthly life by what God wills.

But take care that your hearts are not loaded down with self-indulgence and drunkenness and worldly cares, and that day takes you by surprise, like a trap.

but we should write to them to avoid anything that has been contaminated by idols, immorality, the meat of strangled animals, and the tasting of blood.

for if you live under the control of the physical you will die, but if, by means of the Spirit, you put the body's doings to death, you will live.

Let us live honorably, as in the light of day, not in carousing and drunkenness, or in immorality and indecency, or in quarreling and jealousy.

So since we have promises like these, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves of everything that can defile body or spirit, and by reverence for God make our consecration complete.

I mean this: Live by the Spirit, and then you will not indulge your physical cravings.

Fly from the cravings of youth, and go in pursuit of uprightness, faith, love, and peace, in company with those who call upon the Lord with pure hearts.

Do not love the world or what is in the world. If anyone loves the world, there is no love for the Father in his heart,

War

but all through my body I see another principle in conflict with the law of my reason, which makes me a prisoner to that law of sin that runs through my body.

for if you live under the control of the physical you will die, but if, by means of the Spirit, you put the body's doings to death, you will live.

For the physical cravings are against the Spirit, and the cravings of the Spirit are against the physical; the two are in opposition, so that you cannot do anything you please.

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.

What causes wars and fights among you? Is it not your cravings, which are at war within your bodies?