11Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;


In Context

8 and a stone of stumbling and rock of offence; who stumble at the word, being disobedient to which also they have been appointed.

9 But ye are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful light;

10 who once were not a people, but now God's people; who were not enjoying mercy, but now have found mercy.

11 Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

12 having your conversation honest among the Gentiles, that as to that in which they speak against you as evildoers, they may through your good works, themselves witnessing them, glorify God in the day of visitation.

13 Be in subjection therefore to every human institution for the Lord's sake; whether to the king as supreme,

1 Peter 2:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Beloved, I call upon you, as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;