1 Peter 2:11

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

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
beloved	Ἀγαπητοί, Agapētoi	G27	beloved · adjective — vocative plural masculine
beseech	παρακαλῶ parakalō	G3870	to call near · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
as	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
strangers	παροίκους paroikous	G3941	having a home near · adjective — accusative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
pilgrims	παρεπιδήμους parepidēmous	G3927	an alien alongside · adjective — accusative plural masculine
abstain	ἀπέχομαι apéchomai	G567	to hold oneself off
fleshly	σαρκικῶν sarkikōn	G4559	pertaining to flesh · adjective — genitive plural feminine
lusts	ἐπιθυμιῶν, epithumiōn	G1939	a longing (especially for what is forbidden) · noun — genitive plural feminine
which	αἵτινες aitines	G3748	which some · relative pronoun — nominative plural feminine
war	στρατεύονται strateuontai	G4754	to serve in a military campaign · verb — present middle indicative, 3rd person plural
against	κατὰ kata	G2596	(prepositionally) down (in place or time) · preposition
soul	ψυχῆς· psuchēs	G5590	breath · noun — genitive singular feminine

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 John 2:15-17 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Galatians 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
1 Peter 4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and…
Romans 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
James 4:1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which i…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:4-12

I. The apostle here gives us a description of Jesus Christ as a living stone; and though to a capricious wit, or an infidel, this description may seem rough and harsh, yet to the Jews, who placed much of their religion in their magnificent temple, and who understood the prophetical style, which calls the Messiah a stone (Isa 8:14; Isa 28:16), it would appear very elegant and proper. 1. In this metaphorical description of Jesus Christ, he is called a stone, to denote his invincible strength and everlasting duration, and to teach his servants that he is their protection and security, the foundation on which they are built, and a rock of offence to all their enemies. He is the living stone, hav…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 2:11

As heretofore he exhorted them to walk worthily of their calling, in contradistinction to their own former walk, so now he exhorts them to glorify God before unbelievers. Dearly beloved--He gains their attention to his exhortation by assuring them of his love. strangers and pilgrims-- (Pe1 1:17). Sojourners, literally, settlers having a house in a city without being citizens in respect to the rights of citizenship; a picture of the Christian's position on earth; and pilgrims, staying for a time in a foreign land. FLACIUS thus analyzes the exhortation: (1) Purify your souls (a) as strangers on earth who must not allow yourselves to be kept back by earthly lusts, and (b) because these lust…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 2:11

As strangers and pilgrims - See the note on Heb 11:13. These were strangers and pilgrims in the most literal sense of the word, see Pe1 1:1, for they were strangers scattered through Asia, Pontus, etc. Abstain from fleshly lusts - As ye are strangers and pilgrims, and profess to seek a heavenly country, do not entangle your affections with earthly things. While others spend all their time, and employ all their skill, in acquiring earthly property, and totally neglect the salvation of their souls; they are not strangers, they are here at home; they are not pilgrims, they are seeking an earthly possession: Heaven is your home, seek that; God is your portion, seek him. All kinds of earthly desi…

The Church Fathers

Abstain thou from fleshly and worldly lusts.
— Didache, The Didache, Chapter 1

Evil desires are called "carnal" because they operate through the flesh, but in reality they are spiritual, because they come from the soul.
— Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER

As always, the apostle turns to ethical matters after he has dealt with doctrine. After saying what good things are available because of Christ, he now calls us to lead the right kind of life.
— Andreas of Caesarea, CATENA

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Example · 2:7,8; — 2:7,8;
Holiness · 2:17;5:22-25;6:15; — 2:17;5:22-25;6:15;
Influence · 6:1; — 6:1;
Lust · Evil — Evil
Pilgrims And Strangers · As saints they: Should abstain from fleshly lusts — As saints they: Should abstain from fleshly lusts
Righteous · .Strangers and pilgrims — .Strangers and pilgrims
Saints, Compared To · Strangers and pilgrims — Strangers and pilgrims
Self-Denial · 13:13; — 13:13;
Warfare Of Saints · Is against: The flesh — Is against: The flesh
Worldliness · 12:2; — 12:2;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Peter 2:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:4-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 2:11

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 2:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Peter 2:11

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:4-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Peter 2:11

Adam Clarke on 1 Peter 2:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 1 Peter 2:11

John Calvin on 1 Peter 2:11-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Peter 2:11-12