11 translations · Greek
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter 2:11 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- KJV King James Version
- Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Beloved, I call on [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires that war against the soul,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- My friends, I'm pleading with you as foreigners and strangers in this world not to give in to physical desires that are in conflict with what is spiritual.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Beloved, I call upon [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ἀγαπητοί | Agapētoi | Beloved | G27 ἀγαπητός beloved |
| παρακαλῶ | parakalō | I urge [you] | G3870 παρακαλέω to plead/comfort |
| ὡς | hōs | as | G5613 ὡς as/when |
| παροίκους | paroikous | foreigners | G3941 πάροικος foreigner |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| παρεπιδήμους | parepidēmous | exiles | G3927 παρεπίδημος stranger |
| ἀπέχεσθαι | apechesthai | to abstain | G568 ἀπέχω to have in full |
| τῶν | tōn | from | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| σαρκικῶν | sarkikōn | of the flesh | G4559 σαρκικός fleshly |
| ἐπιθυμιῶν | epithymiōn | [the] desires | G1939 ἐπιθυμία desire |
| αἵτινες | haitines | which | G3748 ὅστις who/which |
| στρατεύονται | strateuontai | war | G4754 στρατεύω to battle |
| κατὰ | kata | against | G2596 κατά according to |
| τῆς | tēs | [your] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ψυχῆς | psychēs | soul | G5590 ψυχή soul |
Related verses
- 1 John 2:15–17
Don’t love the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.
- Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
- 1 Peter 4:2
that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.
- Hebrews 11:13
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
- Romans 8:13
For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15
For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
- James 4:1
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
- Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
- Romans 13:13–14
Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1
Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
10 who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
Read all of 1 Peter 2 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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