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1 Peter 2:11

James 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.

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

nerve you to spend the rest of your time in the flesh for the will of God and no longer for human passions.

(These all died in faith without obtaining the promises; they only saw them far away and hailed them, owning they were 'strangers and exiles upon earth.'

If you live by the flesh, you are on the road to death; but if by the Spirit you put the actions of the body to death, you will live.

Where do conflicts, where do wrangles come from, in your midst? Is it not from these passions of yours that war among your members?

So shun the lusts of youth and aim at integrity, faith, love and peace, in the company of those who invoke the Lord out of a pure heart.

As these great promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates either flesh or spirit; let us be fully consecrated by reverence for God].

Well then, my brothers, I appeal to you by all the mercy of God to dedicate your bodies as a living sacrifice, consecrated and acceptable to God; that is your cult, a spiritual rite.

As the Lord's prisoner, then, I beg of you to live a life worthy of your calling,

but then I find quite another law in my members which conflicts with the law of my mind and makes me a prisoner to sin's law that resides in my members.

abstain from food that has been offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual vice. Keep clear of all this and you will prosper. Goodbye."

Take heed to yourselves in case your hearts get overpowered by dissipation and drunkenness and worldly anxieties, and so that Day catches you suddenly like a trap.

And as you call upon a Father who judges everyone impartially by what he has done, be reverent in your conduct while you sojourn here below;

I appeal to you too, as a worker with God, do not receive the grace of God in vain.

So I am an envoy for Christ, God appealing by me, as it were — be reconciled to God, I entreat you on behalf of Christ.

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

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

Thus you are strangers and foreigners no longer, you share the membership of the saints, you belong to God's own household,

Though I say this, beloved, I feel sure you will take the better course that means salvation.

Beloved, do not be surprised at the ordeal that has come to test you, as though some foreign experience befell you.

This is the second letter I have already written to you, beloved, stirring up your pure mind by way of reminder,




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