1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I call on [you], as strangers and sojourners, to keep from the fleshly desires that war against the soul,
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Genesis 23:4“A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.”
Leviticus 15:18And a woman with whom a man lies with seed [from] intercourse, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean until the evening.
1 Chronicles 29:15for we [are] sojourners and settlers before You, like all our fathers; our days on the land [are] as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
Psalms 119:19I [am] a sojourner on earth, || Do not hide Your commands from me.
Luke 21:34And take heed to yourselves lest your hearts may be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
Acts 15:29to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; keeping yourselves from which, you will do well; be strong!”
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 2:5-13
The Living Stone; Cautions against Sensuality. ( a. d. 66.) 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is… Read the whole commentary →