1 Peter 2:11

11 1Beloved, 2I urge you as 3aliens and strangers to abstain from 4fleshly lusts which wage 5war against the soul.

1 Peter 2:11 In-Context

9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.
11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
12 Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority,

Cross References 5

  • 1. Hebrews 6:9; 1 Peter 4:12
  • 2. Romans 12:1
  • 3. Leviticus 25:23; Psalms 39:12; Ephesians 2:19; Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:17
  • 4. Romans 13:14; Galatians 5:16, 24
  • 5. James 4:1
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