1 Peter 2:11

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¹¹Dear friends,^s I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,^t to abstain from sinful desires,^u which wage war against your soul.^v

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage 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, I urge you as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,

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

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