1 Peter 2:11 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹¹ Beloved, I implore you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from the lusts of the flesh which war against the soul;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ 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)

¹¹ Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

Common English Bible

¹¹ 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

¹¹ Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul.

1 Peter 2:11 Cross References

Luke 21:34

"But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and worries of life, and that Day come upon you unexpectedly.

Acts 15:20

but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and [from] blood.

Acts 15:29

that you abstain from meat offered to idols, and from blood, and from [anything] strangled, and from fornication; from which keeping yourselves back, you will do well. Farewell.

Romans 12:1

Therefore, brothers, I exhort you through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service.

Romans 7:23

But I see a different law in my members, waging war against the law of my mind, and capturing me by the law of sin which is in my members.

Romans 8:13

For if you live according to the flesh you shall die; but if by [the] Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live.

2 Corinthians 5:20

Now then, we serve as ambassadors for Christ, as though God were appealing through us: we implore [you] on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

And working together [with Him,] we also urge that you not receive the grace of God in vain.

2 Corinthians 7:1

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Galatians 5:24

And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.

Ephesians 2:19

So then, you are no longer strangers and aliens, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

Ephesians 4:1

Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died according to faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off and welcoming [them], and confessing that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 6:9

But we are persuaded concerning you, beloved, of better things and those pertaining to salvation, even though we speak in this manner.

James 4:1

From where [come] wars and disputes among you? Is it not from here, from your lusts, which war in your members?

1 Peter 1:1

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

1 Peter 1:17

And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear;

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing [was] happening to you;

1 Peter 4:2

that he no longer should live the remaining time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

2 Peter 3:1

This already, beloved, [is] the second letter I write to you, in [both of] which I stir up your pure mind by a reminder,