1 Peter 2:11 - The Message11-12 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. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176911 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition11 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. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)11 Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; See the chapterCommon English Bible11 Dear friends, since you are immigrants and strangers in the world, I urge that you avoid worldly desires that wage war against your lives. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version11 Most beloved, I beg you, as new arrivals and sojourners, to abstain from carnal desires, which battle against the soul. See the chapter |