1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;In other versions
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
ASV
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;
BBE
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
DBY
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
WEB
Beloved, I call upon `you', as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
YLT
Dearly beloved, I plead to you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
ENG
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
WBT
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
BSB
In context
9But 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;
10Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12Having 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.
13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;