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Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;
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Your Heavenly Citizenship
Peter calls you a 'sojourner and pilgrim' to establish a core Christian identity. Commentators explain this isn't just about being physically displaced, but about a spiritual reality: your true citizenship is in heaven. This perspective is the foundation for holy living. Like a traveler who doesn't get bogged down in a foreign land, you are called to live with a degree of detachment from this world's values and desires, keeping your focus on your eternal home.
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1 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims. On the word translated strangers (paroikous; see Ephesians 2:19…
As sojourners and pilgrims (ως παροικους κα παρεπιδημους). This combination from the LXX (Genesis 33:4; [Reference Psa…
19th Century
Anglican
Dearly beloved.—“Affectionate and pressing exhortation,” says Bengel. “That which is known to come from love,” says Leighton, “cannot read…
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Baptist
As strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Those fleshly lusts belong to this present evil w…
This next division of the letter deals with some practical implications of what it means to be God’s people in a hostile world. Peter begins by rem…
16th Century
Protestant
As strangers, or sojourners. There are two parts to this exhortation: that their souls were to be free within from wicked and vic…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Dearly beloved, I beseech you The apostle, from characters of the saints, and which express their blessings and priv…
Even the best of people, the chosen generation, the people of God, need to be exhorted to keep from the worst sins. And fleshly lusts are most dest…