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Beloved,ἈγαπητοίI urge youπαρακαλῶasὡςforeignersπαροίκουςandκαὶpilgrimsπαρεπιδήμουςto abstainἀπέχεσθαιfrom the fleshlyτῶν σαρκικῶνdesiresἐπιθυμιῶνwhichαἵτινεςwage warστρατεύονταιagainstκατὰthe soul.τῆς ψυχῆς
1 Peter 2:11
Study it in the app“Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and pilgrims to abstain from the fleshly desires which wage war against the soul.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Peter 2:11, word by word
- BelovedἈγαπητοίAgapētoi
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “Agapētoi” appears- I urge youπαρακαλῶparakalō
urge
To spur someone on with words to do good.
Where else “parakalō” appears- foreignersπαροίκουςparoikous
foreigner, alien
Foreigner, alien: one who lives in a land not his own.
Where else “paroikous” appears- pilgrimsπαρεπιδήμουςparepidēmous
sojourner, exile
Sojourner, exile: someone living as a foreigner in a land not their own.
Where else “parepidēmous” appears- to abstainἀπέχεσθαιapechesthai
abstain
To keep away from something.
Where else “apechesthai” appears- desiresἐπιθυμιῶνepithymiōn
lust
Wanting what is forbidden, wrong cravings.
Where else “epithymiōn” appears- wage warστρατεύονταιstrateuontai
wage war
Do battle, as in a conflict within.
Where else “strateuontai” appears- the soulψυχῆςpsychēs
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “psychēs” appears
The context
10you who once were not a people, but now are the people of God; who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy.
11 · This verse (above)
12keeping your conduct among the nations good, so that, in what they speak against you as evildoers, by observing your good works they may glorify God on the day of visitation.