1 Peter 2:11
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;”
παρεπίδημος
Pilgrim, stranger, one passing through. Parepidemos. We are strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Earth is not our permanent home. Live lightly here and invest heavily in what lasts.
ἐπιθυμία
desires,
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ἐπιθυμία
Desire, craving, longing. Epithumia. Do not fulfil the desires of the flesh. The flesh pulls toward what destroys. The Spirit pulls toward what gives life. Choose which you feed.
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παρακαλέω
I exhort you
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παρακαλέω
To comfort, to exhort, to encourage. Parakaleo. The God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles. He does not just send comfort. He is the God who comforts personally.
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σαρκικός
from fleshly
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σαρκικός
Fleshly, carnal, of the flesh. Sarkinos. The desires of the flesh are against the Spirit. The flesh is not the body. It is the self-directed life that ignores God. Crucify it.
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ψυχή
soul;
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ψυχή
Soul, life, inner person. Psuche. What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul. The soul is the real you. It outlasts everything the world offers.
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πάροικος
aliens
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πάροικος
Alien, stranger, temporary resident. Paroikos. You are no longer strangers and aliens but fellow citizens with the saints. Belonging to God is the ultimate citizenship.
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στρατεύομαι
war
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στρατεύομαι
to serve in a military campaign; figuratively, to execute the apostolate (with its arduous duties and functions), to contend with carnal inclinations
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