1 Peter 2:11 - The Message Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life in your neighborhood so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won over to God’s side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges (the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature) that wage war against the soul. American Standard Version (1901) Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Common English Bible Dear friends, since you are immigrants and strangers in the world, I urge that you avoid worldly desires that wage war against your lives. Catholic Public Domain Version Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul, |