Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Holman Bible
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents
A Conservative Version
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and sojourners, to abstain from the 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;
Amplified
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
An Understandable Version
My dearly loved ones, I urge you, as a people who are foreigners and strangers [in this world], do not give in to sinful desires, which wage war against the soul.
Anderson New Testament
Beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and sojourners, that you keep yourselves from fleshly desires, which war against the soul,
Bible in Basic English
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;
Common New Testament
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against your soul.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but at present have obtain'd it. I exhort you, my dear brethren, as strangers and travellers to avoid all sensual passions, as destructive to your
Darby Translation
Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
Beloved, I beseech you, as sojourners and travelers, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
Godbey New Testament
Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers, to abstain from the carnal desire which wars against the soul;
Goodspeed New Testament
Dear friends, I beg you, as aliens and exiles here, not to indulge the physical cravings that are at war with the soul.
John Wesley New Testament
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly desires,
Julia Smith Translation
Dearly beloved, I beseech as sojourners and strangers, to keep off from fleshly passions, which war against the soul;
King James 2000
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Dear friends, I urge [you] as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,
Modern King James verseion
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as temporary residents and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers, and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which fight against the soul,
Moffatt New Testament
Beloved, as sojourners and exiles I appeal to you to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war upon the soul.
Montgomery New Testament
I beseech you, beloved, as pilgrims and exiles, to abstain from passions of the flesh that war upon your souls.
NET Bible
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
New Heart English Bible
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Noyes New Testament
Beloved, I exhort you, as sojourners and strangers, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Sawyer New Testament
BELOVED, I exhort you as strangers and foreigners, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul,
The Emphasized Bible
Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, Abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul;
Twentieth Century New Testament
Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.
Webster
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.
Williams New Testament
Dearly beloved, I beg you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the evil desires of your lower nature, because they are always at war with the soul.
World English Bible
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Worrell New Testament
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly desires, which, indeed, war against the soul;
Worsley New Testament
Dearly beloved, I exhort you as strangers and sojourners here, to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul:
Youngs Literal Translation
Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
Themes
Body » Resurrection of » Subjugation of
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Flesh » Abstaining from the lusts of the flesh
Life » Lessons of » Pilgrimage, a
Pilgrims and strangers » As saints they » Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Righteous » Compared with » Strangers and pilgrims
compared to Saints » Strangers and pilgrims
Self-denial » Becomes strangers and pilgrims
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Abstaining from fleshly lusts
Sin » Excuses offered for » To be forsaken
Spirit/souls » What wars against the soul
Transgression » Sin, definition of » To be forsaken
War » Figurative » Is against » The flesh
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Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Peter 2:11
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Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 Peter 2:11
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Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Good Works
10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 11 Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul. 12 Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.
Phrases
Cross References
James 4:1
Where do those fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your selfish desires that are at war in your bodies, don't they?
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to human nature, you are going to die, but if by the Spirit you continuously put to death the activities of the body, you will live.
Galatians 5:24
Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.
Leviticus 25:23
"The land is not to be sold with any finality, because the land belongs to me. You're sojourners and travelers with me.
Psalm 39:12
Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were.
Romans 12:1
I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.
Galatians 5:16-21
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never fulfill the desires of the flesh.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee from youthful passions. Instead, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace together with those who call on the Lord with a pure heart.
Hebrews 11:13
All these people died having faith. They did not receive the things that were promised, yet they saw them in the distant future and welcomed them, acknowledging that they were strangers and foreigners on earth.
1 Peter 1:17
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
1 Peter 4:2
so that he can live the rest of his mortal life guided, not by human desires, but by the will of God.
1 John 2:15-17
Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.
Genesis 23:4
"I am an alien and an outsider among you. Give me a cemetery among you where I can bury my dead away from my presence."
Genesis 47:9
"I'm 130 years old," Jacob replied. "My years have turned out to be few and unpleasant, but I haven't yet reached the age my ancestors did during their travels on earth."
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are aliens and vagrants in your presence, as were all of our ancestors. Our days on the earth pass away like shadows, and we have no hope.
Psalm 119:19
Since I am a stranger on the earth, do not hide your commands from me.
Psalm 119:54
Your statutes are my songs, no matter where I make my home.
Luke 21:34
"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise
Acts 15:20
Instead, we should write to them to keep away from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from anything strangled, and from blood.
Acts 15:29
to keep away from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from anything strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you avoid these things, you will do well. Goodbye."
Romans 7:23
but I see in my body a different principle waging war with the Law in my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin that exists in my body.
Romans 13:13-14
Let's behave decently, as people who live in the light of day. No wild parties, drunkenness, sexual immorality, promiscuity, quarreling, or jealousy!
2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore, we are the Messiah's representatives, as though God were pleading through us. We plead on the Messiah's behalf: "Be reconciled to God!"
2 Corinthians 6:1
Since, then, we are working with God, we plead with you not to accept God's grace in vain.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Since we have these promises, dear friends, let's cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit by becoming mature in our holy fear of God.
Ephesians 4:1
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to live in a way that is worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.
1 Peter 1:1
From: Peter, an apostle of Jesus, the Messiah.