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1 Peter 2:11. ESV Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. NIV Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.
The passions of the flesh are the “desires of body and mind” and they are activated when we allow these base passions to have control over us. When we follow these base desires we are being led by the passions of our flesh rather than the sensibilities and rationale of our mind.
Among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. John 3:6 ESV / 33 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Jul 11, 2023 · The concept of crucifying the flesh comes from the apostle Paul’s words in Galatians 5:24: “Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” In this verse, it’s clear that crucifying the flesh is not something done to the believer, but by the believer: “Those who belong to Christ ...
Aug 22, 2022 · Can you explain to me 1 Peter 2:11, and how these ‘passions of the flesh’ actually ‘wage war against’ the soul? How do these passions threaten the soul? Can you explain how this works?
11 Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul. 12 Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.
Even though we long for the day when our flesh will be utterly defunct and only pure and loving desires will fill our hearts, yet there is something worse than the war within between flesh and Spirit; namely, no war within because the flesh controls the citadel and all the outposts.
