Font Size
1 Peter 2:11
1599 Geneva Bible
1 Peter 2:11
1599 Geneva Bible
11 [a]Dearly beloved, [b]I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, (A)[c]abstain from fleshly lusts [d]which fight against the soul,
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 1 Peter 2:11 He returneth to that general exhortation.
- 1 Peter 2:11 A reason why we ought to live holily, to wit, because we are citizens of heaven, and therefore we ought to live according to the Laws not of this world, which is most corrupt, but of the heavenly city, although we be strangers in the world.
- 1 Peter 2:11 Another argument: The children of God live not according to the flesh, that is, according to that corrupt nature, but according to the spirit. Therefore fleshly motions ought not to bear rule in us.
- 1 Peter 2:11 The third argument: for although those lusts flatter us, yet they cease not to fight against our salvation.
1599 Geneva Bible (GNV) 
Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition. Published by Tolle Lege Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations in articles, reviews, and broadcasts.
Bible Gateway Recommends
Retail: $69.95
Our Price: $51.99
Save: $17.96 (26%)
