1 Peter

1 Peter 2:10–11

¹⁰Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.^d

¹¹Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

Footnotes

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Once	ποτε	pote	Particle	G4218 at one time or other
not	οὐ	ou	Adverb	G3756 no, not
a people	λαὸς	laos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2992 a people, the crowd
but	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
now	νῦν	nyn	Adverb	G3568 now, already, at present
people	λαὸς	laos	Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular	G2992 a people, the crowd
of God	Θεοῦ	Theou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2316 God, a god
had not received mercy	ἠλεημένοι	ēleēmenoi	Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1653 I pity, have mercy on
but	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
now	νῦν	nyn	Adverb	G3568 now, already, at present
you have received mercy	ἐλεηθέντες	eleēthentes	Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1653 I pity, have mercy on

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Beloved	Ἀγαπητοί	Agapētoi	Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural	G27 loved, beloved
I urge	παρακαλῶ	parakalō	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular	G3870 I summon, entreat, admonish, comfort
as	ὡς	hōs	Adverb	G5613 as, like as, how, while, so that
foreigners	παροίκους	paroikous	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3941 a stranger, foreigner
and	καὶ	kai	Conjunction	G2532 and, even, also, namely
exiles	παρεπιδήμους	parepidēmous	Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural	G3927 residing in a strange country, a stranger
to abstain	ἀπέχεσθαι	apechesthai	Verb - Present Infinitive Middle	G568 I have in full, am far, it is enough
from	τῶν	tōn	Article - Genitive Feminine Plural	G3588 the
desires	ἐπιθυμιῶν	epithymiōn	Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural	G1939 desire, eagerness for, inordinate desire, lust
of the flesh	σαρκικῶν	sarkikōn	Adjective - Genitive Feminine Plural	G4559 fleshly, carnal
which	αἵτινες	haitines	Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Plural	G3748 whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever
war	στρατεύονται	strateuontai	Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural	G4754 I wage war, fight
against	κατὰ	kata	Preposition	G2596 down from, against, according to, throughout, during
soul	ψυχῆς	psychēs	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G5590 the soul, life, self

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Peter 2:10 Hosea 2:23 · Romans 9:25–26 · Hebrews 4:16 · Hosea 1:9–10 · Romans 11:6–7 · 1 Timothy 1:13 · Romans 11:30 · Romans 10:19 · 1 Corinthians 7:25

1 Peter 2:11 1 John 2:15–17 · Galatians 5:24 · 1 Peter 4:2 · Hebrews 11:13 · Romans 8:13 · 1 Chronicles 29:15 · James 4:1 · Romans 12:1 · 2 Timothy 2:22 · Romans 13:13–14 · 2 Corinthians 7:1 · Ephesians 4:1

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.