1 Peter 2:11 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
American Standard Version (ASV)
Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
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;
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
World English Bible (WEB)
Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Beloved, I call upon `you', as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires, that war against the soul,
| Dearly beloved, | Ἀγαπητοί | agapētoi | ah-ga-pay-TOO |
| I beseech | παρακαλῶ | parakalō | pa-ra-ka-LOH |
| you as | ὡς | hōs | ose |
| strangers | παροίκους | paroikous | pa-ROO-koos |
| and | καὶ | kai | kay |
| pilgrims, | παρεπιδήμους | parepidēmous | pa-ray-pee-THAY-moos |
| abstain | ἀπέχεσθαι | apechesthai | ah-PAY-hay-sthay |
| τῶν | tōn | tone | |
| from fleshly | σαρκικῶν | sarkikōn | sahr-kee-KONE |
| lusts, | ἐπιθυμιῶν | epithymiōn | ay-pee-thyoo-mee-ONE |
| which | αἵτινες | haitines | AY-tee-nase |
| war | στρατεύονται | strateuontai | stra-TAVE-one-tay |
| against | κατὰ | kata | ka-TA |
| the | τῆς | tēs | tase |
| soul; | ψυχῆς· | psychēs | psyoo-HASE |