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;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, 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 people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 12Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. 13Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,

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 12:1Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• Ephesians 4:1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
• Philemon 1:9yet I prefer to appeal to you on the basis of love. It is as none other than Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
• 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia,
• Genesis 23:4“I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”
• Genesis 47:9And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty. My years have been few and difficult, and they do not equal the years of the pilgrimage of my fathers.”
• Leviticus 25:23“ ‘The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15We are foreigners and strangers in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
• Psalms 39:12“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were.
• Psalms 119:19I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.
• Hebrews 11:13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
• 1 Peter 4:2As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God.
• Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
• Acts 15:20Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals 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