1 Peter 2:11
King James Version (KJV)
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
In context
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter 2:11 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- WEB World English Bible
- Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Beloved, I call upon [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- WBS Webster Bible
- Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;