1 Peter 2:11

1 Peter 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
• New International Version (NIV)Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.

Context of 1 Peter 2:11

9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. 13Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

1 Peter 2:11 word by word

Ἀγαπητοί, παρακαλῶ ὡς παροίκους καὶ παρεπιδήμους ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν σαρκικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν, αἵτινες στρατεύονται κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Dearly belovedἀγαπητόςagapētos · belovedG27
• I beseechπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• strangersπάροικοςparoikos · foreignerG3941
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• pilgrimsπαρεπίδημοςparepidēmos · strangerG3927
• abstainἀπέχωapechō · to have in fullG568
• from fleshlyσαρκικόςsarkikos · fleshlyG4559
• lustsἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• whichὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• warστρατεύωstrateuomai · to battleG4754
• againstκατάkata · according toG2596
• the soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590

Cross-references for 1 Peter 2:11

• Romans 12:1I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
• Ephesians 4:1I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
• Philemon 1:9yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus—
• 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
• Genesis 23:4"I am a sojourner and foreigner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
• Genesis 47:9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my sojourning are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning."
• Leviticus 25:23"The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.
• Psalms 39:12"Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with you, a guest, like all my fathers.
• Psalms 119:19I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me!
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
• 1 Peter 4:2so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
• Luke 21:34"But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
• Acts 15:20but should write to them to abstain from the things polluted by idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what has been strangled, and from blood.

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11As strangers and pilgrims - See the note on Hebrews 11:13. These were strangers and pilgrims in the most literal sense of the word, see 1 Peter 1:1, for they were strangers scattered through Asia, Pontus, etc. Abstain from fleshly lusts - As ye are strangers and pilgrims, and profess to seek a heavenly country, do not entangle your affections with earthly things. While others spend all their time, and employ all their skill, in acquiring earthly property…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Dearly beloved, I beseech you strangers and pilgrims - On the word rendered “strangers,” ( ́ paroikoussee the notes at Ephesians 2:19, where it is rendered “foreigners.” It means, properly, one dwelling near, neighboring; then a by-dweller, a sojourner, one without the rights of citizenship, as distinguished from a citizen; and it means here that Christians are not properly citizens of this world, but that their citizenship is in heaven, and that they are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-12Verses 11-12 Even the best of men, the chosen generation, the people of God, need to be exhorted to keep from the worst sins. And fleshly lusts are most destructive to man's soul. It is a sore judgment to be given up to them. There is a day of visitation coming, wherein God may call to repentance by his word and his grace; then many will glorify God, and the holy lives of his people will have promoted the happy change.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12These verses connect the first part of the letter with what comes next. They can be seen as the end of the first section or the beginning of the second section. In these verses, the writer states the main theme of the letter. Christians live among people who may not accept their faith, and they need to live out the message of the good news. When they do this, they can help lead other people to the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. As heretofore he exhorted them to walk worthily of their calling, in contradistinction to their own former walk, so now he exhorts them to glorify God before unbelievers. Dearly beloved--He gains their attention to his exhortation by assuring them of his love. strangers and pilgrims--(1Pe 1:17). Sojourners, literally, settlers having a house in a city without being citizens in respect to the rights of citizenship; a picture of the Christian's position…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Peter 2:11

• Commandments
• Example
• Holiness
• Influence
• Lust
• Righteous
• Self-Denial
• War
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Bishop
• Chosen
• Cloke
• Disallow
• Fleshly
• Offer
• Sincere
• Spiritual
• Submit
• Thanksgiving

Commentaries on 1 Peter 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings