the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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1 Peter 2:11
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Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul.
Cowboys, your ride through this world is temporary. You're like an outcast in the world now. Stay away from the things of the world that will entangle you and stick to you like cockleburs. These things can destroy your soul.
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly desires,
Dear friends, I entreat you as pilgrims and foreigners not to indulge the cravings of your lower natures: for all such cravings wage war upon the soul.
Dearely beloued, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lusts, which warre against the soule,
Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul;
Dearly beloued, I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems, absteyne fro the fleshly lustes, which fighte agaynst the soule,
Friends, this world is not your home, so don't make yourselves cozy in it. Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they'll be won over to God's side and be there to join in the celebration when he arrives.
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul.
Derly beloved I beseche you as straugers and pilgrems abstayne from flesshly lustes which fyght agaynst the soule
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly desires, which war against the soul;
Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Beloved, I call upon [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
Dear friends, you are like foreigners and strangers in this world. I beg you to avoid the evil things your bodies want to do that fight against your soul.
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Dear friends, you are foreigners and strangers on this earth. So I beg you not to surrender to those desires that fight against you.
Dear friends, I urge you as aliens and temporary residents not to give in to the desires of your old nature, which keep warring against you;
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
Dearely beloued, I beseeche you, as strangers and pilgrims, absteine from fleshly lusts, which fight against the soule,
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from carnal desires, which war against the soul;
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires that war against you.
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
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.1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:12; 119:19; Romans 13:14; Galatians 5:16; Hebrews 11:13; James 4:1; 1 Peter 1:17;">[xr]
MY beloved, I beseech you as strangers and as sojourners, be separate from all the lusts of the body which make wars against the soul.
My beloved, I entreat you as strangers and pilgrims, separate yourselves from all lusts of the body; for they war against the soul.
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
Dear friends, I warn you as "temporary residents and foreigners" to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls.
Dear friends, your real home is not here on earth. You are strangers here. I ask you to keep away from all the sinful desires of the flesh. These things fight to get hold of your soul.
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the desires of the flesh that wage war against the soul.
Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;
Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, to refrain yourselves from carnal desires which war against the soul,
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,
Dearely beloued, I beseche you as straugers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lustes, whiche fight agaynst the soule:
Dear friends, you are like visitors and strangers in this world. So I beg you to keep your lives free from the evil things you want to do, those desires that fight against your true selves.
Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.
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.
Moost dere, Y biseche you, as comelyngis and pilgrymys, to absteine you fro fleischli desiris, that fiyten ayens the soule;
Contextual Overview
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I beseech: Romans 12:1, 2 Corinthians 5:20, 2 Corinthians 6:1, Ephesians 4:1, Philemon 1:9, Philemon 1:10
as: 1 Peter 1:1, 1 Peter 1:17, Genesis 23:4, Genesis 47:9, Leviticus 25:23, 1 Chronicles 29:15, Psalms 39:12, Psalms 119:19, Psalms 119:54, Hebrews 11:13
abstain: 1 Peter 4:2, Luke 21:34, Acts 15:20, Acts 15:29, Romans 8:13, Romans 13:13, Romans 13:14, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Galatians 5:16-21, 2 Timothy 2:22, 1 John 2:15-17
war: Romans 7:23, Romans 8:13, Galatians 5:17, Galatians 5:24, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, James 4:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:34 - General Genesis 39:10 - or to be Genesis 39:12 - and he left Exodus 18:3 - Gershom Leviticus 15:16 - General Leviticus 15:18 - the woman Leviticus 15:24 - General Deuteronomy 27:9 - this day Proverbs 7:26 - General Isaiah 52:11 - touch Jeremiah 35:6 - Ye shall Jeremiah 35:7 - all Romans 6:12 - in the lusts 1 Corinthians 1:10 - I beseech 1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee 1 Corinthians 9:27 - I keep 1 Corinthians 10:14 - my 2 Corinthians 10:1 - beseech Ephesians 2:3 - in the Philippians 2:12 - my beloved Colossians 3:5 - evil Titus 2:12 - denying James 1:21 - lay 1 John 2:16 - the lust of the flesh
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Dearly beloved, I beseech you,.... The apostle, from characters of the saints, and which express their blessings and privileges, with great beauty, propriety, and pertinency, passes to exhortations to duties; he addresses the saints under this affectionate appellation, "dearly beloved", to express his great love to them, and to show that what he was about to exhort them to sprung from sincere and hearty affection for them, and was with a view to their real good; nor does he in an authoritative way command, as he might have done, as an apostle, but, as a friend, he entreats and beseeches them:
as strangers and pilgrims; not in a literal sense, though they were in a foreign country, in a strange land, and sojourners there, but in a spiritual and mystical sense; they were "strangers", not to God and Christ, and to the Spirit, to themselves, to the saints, and to all that is good, as they had formerly been, but to the world, the men of it, and the things in it; and therefore it became them to separate from it, and not conform to it; to abstain from all appearance of evil, to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts: and they were "pilgrims"; whose habit is Christ and his righteousness; whose food is Christ and his fulness; whose staff is Christ and the promises; whose guide is the blessed Spirit; the place for which they are bound is heaven, the better country, where is their Father's house, their friends, and their inheritance; this world not being their country, nor their resting place, it became them to have their conversation in heaven, and to
abstain from fleshly lusts; which spring from the flesh, and are concerned about fleshly things, and are exercised in and by the members of the flesh, or body; hence, in the Syriac version, they are called, "the lusts of the body": these are to be abstained from; not that the apostle thought that they could be without them; for while the saints are in the body, flesh, or corrupt nature will be in them, and the lusts thereof; but then these are not to be indulged, or provision to be made for them, to fulfil them; they are not to be obeyed and served, or lived unto, but to be denied and crucified, being unsuitable to the character of strangers and pilgrims, and also because of their hurtful and pernicious nature:
which war against the soul; see Romans 7:23, these are enemies to the spiritual peace, comfort, and welfare of the soul; and being of a man's household, and in his heart, are the worst enemies he has; and are to be treated as such, to be shunned and avoided, watched and guarded against; for though they cannot destroy the souls of true believers, they may bring much leanness upon them, and greatly distress them, and spoil them of their inward joy, and spiritual pleasure.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Dearly beloved, I beseech you strangers and pilgrims - On the word rendered “strangers,” (παροίκους paroikous,) see the notes at Ephesians 2:19, where it is rendered “foreigners.” It means, properly, one dwelling near, neighboring; then a by-dweller, a sojourner, one without the rights of citizenship, as distinguished from a citizen; and it means here that Christians are not properly citizens of this world, but that their citizenship is in heaven, and that they are here mere sojourners. Compare the notes at Philippians 3:20, “For our conversation (citizenship) is in heaven.” On the word rendered “pilgrims,” (παρεπιδήμους parepidēmous,) see the 1 Peter 1:1 note; Hebrews 11:13 note. A pilgrim, properly, is one who travels to a distance from his own country to visit a holy place, or to pay his devotion to some holy object; then a traveler, a wanderer. The meaning here is, that Christians have no permanent home on earth; their citizenship is not here; they are mere sojourners, and they are passing on to their eternal home in the heavens. They should, therefore, act as become such persons; as sojourners and travelers do. They should not:
(a) regard the earth as their home.
(b) They should not seek to acquire permanent possessions here, as if they were to remain here, but should act as travelers do, who merely seek a temporary lodging, without expecting permanently to reside in a place.
(c) They should not allow any such attachments to be formed, or arrangements to be made, as to impede their journey to their final home, as pilgrims seek only a temporary lodging, and steadily pursue their journey.
(d) Even while engaged here in the necessary callings of life - their studies, their farming, their merchandise - their thoughts and affections should be on other things. One in a strange land thinks much of his country and home; a pilgrim, much of the land to which he goes; and even while his time and attention may be necessarily occupied by the arrangements needful for the journey, his thoughts and affections will be far away.
(e) We should not encumber ourselves with much of this world’s goods. Many professed Christians get so many worldly things around them, that it is impossible for them to make a journey to heaven. They burden themselves as no traveler would, and they make no progress. A traveler takes along as few things as possible; and a staff is often all that a pilgrim has. We make the most rapid progress in our journey to our final home when we are least encumbered with the things of this world.
Abstain from fleshly lusts - Such desires and passions as the carnal appetites prompt to. See the notes at Galatians 5:19-21. A sojourner in a land, or a pilgrim, does not give himself up to the indulgence of sensual appetites, or to the soft pleasures of the soul. All these would hinder his progress, and turn him off from his great design. Compare Romans 13:4; Galatians 5:24; 2 Timothy 2:22; Titus 2:12; 1 Peter 1:14.
Which war against the soul - Compare the notes at Romans 8:12-13. The meaning is, that indulgence in these things makes war against the nobler faculties of the soul; against the conscience, the understanding, the memory, the judgment, the exercise of a pure imagination. Compare the notes at Galatians 5:17. There is not a faculty of the mind, however brilliant in itself, which will not be ultimately ruined by indulgence in the carnal propensities of our nature. The effect of intemperance on the noble faculties of the soul is well known; and alas, there are too many instances in which the light of genius, in those endowed with splendid gifts, at the bar, in the pulpit, and in the senate, is extinguished by it, to need a particular description. But there is one vice preeminently, which prevails all over the pagan world, (Compare the notes at Romans 1:27-29) and extensively in Christian lands, which more than all others, blunts the moral sense, pollutes the memory, defiles the imagination, hardens the heart. and sends a withering influence through all the faculties of the soul.
“The soul grows clotted by contagion,
Embodies, and embrutes, till she quite lose
The divine property of her first being.”
Of this passion, Burns beautifully and truly said -
“But oh! it hardens a’ within,
And petrifies the feeling.”
From all these passions the Christian pilgrim is to abstain.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 11. As strangers and pilgrims — Hebrews 11:13. These were strangers and pilgrims in the most literal sense of the word, see 1 Peter 1:1, for they were strangers scattered through Asia, Pontus, c.
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 desires, whether those of the flesh or of the eye, or those included in the pride of life, are here comprised in the words fleshly lusts.
Which war against the soul — αιτινες στρατευονται κατα της ψυχης. Which are marshalled and drawn up in battle array, to fight against the soul; either to slay it, or to bring it into captivity. This is the object and operation of every earthly and sensual desire. How little do those who indulge them think of the ruin which they produce!
