Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
KJV
Parallel translations
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4 additional translationsASV
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
WEB
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
YLT
Beloved, I call upon you , as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
DBT
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Peter — Peter to scattered exiles across Asia Minor — five chapters on suffering and a living hope. A royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people.
- Author
- The apostle Peter (1:1); Silvanus assisted (5:12)
- Date
- Early 60s AD, likely from ‘Babylon’ (Rome, 5:13)