1 Peter 2:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles  to abstain  from sinful  desires that wage war against the soul.

Cross References

Galatians 5:24

Now those who belong to Christ Jesus  have crucified the flesh  with its passions and desires.

1 Peter 4:2

in order to live the remaining time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.

Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance,  greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth.

Romans 8:13

because if you live according to the flesh, you are going to die. But if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body,  you will live.

1 Chronicles 29:15

For we are foreigners and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors.  Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

James 4:1

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions  that wage war within you?

2 Timothy 2:22

Flee  from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace,  along with those who call on the Lord  from a pure heart.

2 Corinthians 7:1

So then, dear friends, since we have these promises,  let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit,  bringing holiness to completion  in the fear of God.

Romans 12:1

Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you  to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,  holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.

Ephesians 4:1

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord,  urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

Romans 7:23

but I see a different law in the parts of my body,  , waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body.

Acts 15:29

that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.  You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things. Farewell.’

Luke 21:34

‘Be on your guard,   so that your minds are not dulled   from carousing,   drunkenness,   and worries of life,   or that day will come on you unexpectedly

Leviticus 25:23

‘The land is not to be permanently sold because it is mine, and you are only foreigners and temporary residents on my land.  ,

1 Peter 1:17

If you appeal to the Father who judges impartially  according to each one’s work,  you are to conduct yourselves in reverence  during your time living as strangers.

2 Corinthians 6:1

Working together with him, we also appeal to you, ‘Don’t receive the grace of God in vain.’

2 Corinthians 5:20

Therefore, we are ambassadors  for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf,  ‘Be reconciled to God.’

Acts 15:20

but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality,  from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.

Genesis 47:9

Jacob said to Pharaoh, ‘My pilgrimage  has lasted for 130 years. My years have been few and hard,  and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.’

1 Peter 1:1

Peter,  an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those chosen, living as exiles  dispersed  abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,  chosen

Genesis 23:4

‘I am a foreigner residing among you.  Give me burial property among you so that I can bury my dead.’  ,

Ephesians 2:19

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

Hebrews 6:9

Even though we are speaking this way, dearly loved friends, in your case we are confident of things that are better and that pertain to salvation.

1 Peter 4:12

Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you.

2 Peter 3:1

Dear friends, this is now the second letter  I have written to you; in both letters, I want to stir up your sincere  understanding by way of reminder,

Genesis 21:34

And Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines for many days.

Leviticus 15:18

If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.