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1 Peter 2:11

1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles,.... To have the conversation honest, is to provide things honest in the sight of men; to live and walk honestly before all; to do those things which…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Dearly beloved, I beseech you strangers and pilgrims - On the word rendered “strangers,” (παροίκους paroikous,) see the notes at Eph 2:19, where it is rendered “foreigners.” It means, properly, one…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

As strangers and pilgrims - See the note on Heb 11:13. These were strangers and pilgrims in the most literal sense of the word, see Pe1 1:1, for they were strangers scattered through Asia, Pontus,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Peter 2:4-12

I. The apostle here gives us a description of Jesus Christ as a living stone; and though to a capricious wit, or an infidel, this description may seem rough and harsh, yet to the Jews, who placed much…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims This is manifestly the beginning of a fresh section of the Epistle. Somewhat after the manner of St Paul, the Apostle, alter having allowed his…