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.
• 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,

Context of 1 Peter 2:11

9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10Once you were “not a people,” but now you are “God’s people.” You were shown “no mercy,” but now you have been shown “mercy.” Loved ones, I urge you as strangers and sojourners to keep away from the fleshly cravings that war against the soul. 12Keep your conduct honorable among the Gentiles. Then while they speak against you as evildoers, they may—from noticing your good deeds—glorify God in the day of visitation. 13For the Lord’s sake, submit yourselves to every human authority—whether to a king 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 urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.
• 2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore ambassadors for Messiah, as though God were making His appeal through us. We beg you on behalf of Messiah, be reconciled to God.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1Since we are co-laboring, we also urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• Ephesians 4:1Therefore I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you were called—
• Philemon 1:9yet for love’s sake I appeal to you instead. I, Paul, am an old man and now also a prisoner belonging to Messiah Yeshua.
• 1 Peter 1:1Peter, an emissary of Messiah Yeshua, To the sojourners of the Diaspora in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia—chosen
• Genesis 23:4“I am an outsider and a sojourner among you. Give me a gravesite among you so that I may bury my dead from before my presence.”
• Genesis 47:9Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days of the years of my sojourn are 130 years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. Moreover, the days of the years of my life have not attained the days of the years of the lives of my fathers, in the days of their sojourn.”
• Leviticus 25:23“Moreover, the land is not to be sold ­permanently, because the land is Mine. For you are sojourners with Me.
• 1 Chronicles 29:15For we are sojourners before You, mere transients like our fathers. Our days on the earth are like a shadow, without security.
• Psalms 39:12With rebukes You chasten one for iniquity and You consume like a moth what he finds pleasure in. Surely all humanity is but a vapor. Selah
• Psalms 119:19I am a temporary dweller on earth— do not hide Your mitzvot from me.
• Hebrews 11:13These all died in faith without receiving the things promised—but they saw them and welcomed them from afar, and they confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
• 1 Peter 4:2As a result, he lives the rest of his time in the flesh no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.
• Luke 21:34“But watch out so your hearts are not weighed down by carousing, strong drink, and the worries of life. Do not let that day come upon you suddenly like a trap.
• Acts 15:20but to write to them to abstain from the contamination of idols, and from sexual immorality, and from what is 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