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


In Context

8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them who stumble at the word, being disobedient: to which also they were appointed.

9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

10 Who in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: who 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 manner of life honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Beloved, I exhort you, as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, 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 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;