Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Peter 2:10-11

"who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;" — 1 Peter 2:10-11 (ASV)

But are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. Dearly beloved, I beseech you us strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

If you are priests, as you are if you are believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, take care that you are clean before God. Let no impurity stain your body, for sin committed by the body grievously befouls the spirit, and defiles the heart: Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;