King James Version
1 Peter 2:11 in the King James Version says “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;” — study this verse from 1 Peter chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
1 Peter 2:11 · KJV
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: peculiar: or, purchased praises: or, virtues
Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. whereas: or, wherein
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I beseech”
G3870to call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“fleshly”
G4559pertaining to flesh, i.e., (by extension) bodily, temporal, or (by implication) animal, unregenerate
“war”
G4754to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations
“against”
G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
“the soul”
G5590breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from g4151, wh
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