Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Bien-aimés, je vous exhorte, comme étrangers et voyageurs sur la terre, à vous abstenir des convoitises charnelles qui font la guerre à l'âme.
KJV
Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Anonymous
Didache XII Apostolorum
ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας ὑμᾶς; οὐχὶ καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὸ αὐτὸ ποιοῦσιν; ὑμεῖς δὲ ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς μισοῦντας I Pet. 2, 11; cf. Tit. 2, 12 ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐχ ἕξετε ἐχθρόν. ἀπέχου τῶν σαρκικῶν καὶ σωματικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν: ἐάν τίς Mt. 5, 39 48 σοι δῷ ῥάπισμα εἰς τὴν δεξιὰν σιαγόνα, στρέψον Mt. 5, 41,…
Polycarp
Epistula ad Philippenses
ες ἁγνείας καὶ χαλιναγωγοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ. καλὸν γὰρ τὸ ἀνακόπτεσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν 1 Pet. 2, 11; cf. Gal. 5, 17 I Cor. 6, 9. 10 ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, ὅτι πᾶσα ἐπιθυμία κατὰ τοῦ πνεύματος στρατεύεται, καὶ οὔτε πόρνοι οὔτε μαλακοὶ οὔτε ἀρσενοκοῖται βασιλείαν θεοῦ κληρονομή…
John Chrysostom
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians
:13 10:5 10:7 10:31 10:34 10:37 11:1 11:24-26 11:25 11:26 12:4 12:12 12:14 13:4 13:4 13:17 James 4:6 1 Peter 2:11 2:22 3:6 3:15 4:18 Revelation 2:20 Wisdom of Solomon 2:15 10:8 Sirach 5:7 9:15 10:9 15:16 18:16-17 18:16-17 25:14 27:5 34:23 Index of Scripture Commentary 1 Corinthia…
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