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1 Peter 2:11
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9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of adarkness into His marvelous light;  
10 awho once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.  

Living Before the World

11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts awhich war against the soul,  
12 ahaving your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, bthey may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.  

Submission to Government

13 aTherefore submit yourselves to every1 ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,  
14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.
Verse Comparison: 1 Peter 2:11

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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,


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