 | 1833 - 422 pages
...recognise this necessary duty of self-denial and moderation, are such as these. — 1 Pet. ii. 11. "Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." 1 Pet. iv. 2. " That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1833 - 702 pages
...concupiscence, are to be mortified in us, Col. iii. 5. And must all fleshly lusts be shunned ? Yes : Matthew" Matth 1 Pet. li. 11. 3. Are unclean words sin ? Yes : for there must be neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,... | |
 | Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - 1833 - 638 pages
...of sobriety in the use of lawful things, I shall only mention that one Scripture, 1 Peter, ii. 11, " Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers, and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts ;" — and observe the reason the Apostle gives, why this abstinence should be, — "They war against... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 pages
...obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance. ii. 11. I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. iv. 2. Live no longer to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. — Ver. 3. The time past... | |
 | Alexander Jaffray, John Barclay - 1834 - 642 pages
...of sobriety in the use of lawful things, I shall only mention that one Scripture, 1 Peter, ii. 11, " Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts ;" — and observe the reason the Apostle gives, why this abstinence should be, — " They war against... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1835 - 636 pages
...things as are agreeable to the same, through our Lord JESUS CHRIST. Amen. The Epistle. 1 St. Peter ii. 1 1. DEARLY beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and...pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul ; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles ; that whereas they speak against you... | |
 | Kermit F. Franklin - 2002 - 122 pages
...some cases this is true. In l 8 ^ Peter 2:11-12, Paul tells us we are to abstain from fleshly lusts. "Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you... | |
 | R. Crocker - 2003 - 318 pages
...1931): li and Ivi. " See for example Discourses: 10 ff. The main biblical reference is / Peter: 2,1 1: "Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and...pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul." See Clement on this, in Tollinton, Clement of Alexandria (1914): II, 312. For the Puritan... | |
 | Ernest Verity - 2003 - 602 pages
...possible distance from evil." There is ample New Testament confirmation. This includes I Peter 2:11-12, Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you... | |
 | Carolyn J. Baker - 2003 - 365 pages
...holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written. Be ye holy; for I am holy. I Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from... | |
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