Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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Verse 11 is found in chapter 2 of 1 Peter. Peter calls believers foreigners and pilgrims and urges them to abstain from desires that wage war against the soul. Christian ethics arises from an identity that does not completely conform to surrounding values.
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Liebe Brüder, ich ermahne euch als die Fremdlinge und Pilgrime: enthaltet euch von fleischlichen Lüsten, welche wider die Seele streiten,
Amados, yo os ruego como a extranjeros y peregrinos, os abstengáis de los deseos carnales que batallan contra el alma,
Amados, les ruego, como a extranjeros y residentes temporales, que se abstengan de los deseos carnales que combaten contra el alma.
Bien-aimés, je vous exhorte, comme étrangers et voyageurs sur la terre, à vous abstenir des convoitises charnelles qui font la guerre à l'âme.
DILETTI, io vi esorto che, come avveniticci e forestieri, vi asteniate dalle carnali concupiscenze, le quali guerreggiano contro all’anima;
Amados, peço-vos, como a peregrinos e forasteiros, que vos abstenhais das concupiscências carnais que combatem contra a alma;
親愛的,你們是客旅,是寄居的,我勸你們要禁戒肉體的情慾;這情慾是與靈魂爭戰的。
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