Verse Comparison: 1 Peter 2:11
American Standard Version
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
Amplified® Bible
Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers {and} exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges (the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature) that wage war against the soul.
Contemporary English Version
Dear friends, you are foreigners and strangers on this earth. So I beg you not to surrender to those desires that fight against you.
Darby English Version
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Good News Bible
I appeal to you, my friends, as strangers and refugees in this world! Do not give in to bodily passions, which are always at war against the soul.
International Standard Version
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and exiles to keep on abstaining from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
King James Version
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
New American Standard Bible
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
New International Version
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
New King James Version
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
Young's Literal Translation
Beloved, I call upon `you', as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
