1 Peter 2:11

As sojourners and pilgrims

(ως παροικους κα παρεπιδημους). This combination from the LXX (Genesis 33:4; Psalms 39:13). See 1 Peter 1:1 for παρεπιδημος and 1 Peter 1:17 for παροικια and Ephesians 2:19 for παροικος (only there and here in N.T., Christians whose fatherland is heaven).To abstain from

(απεχεσθα). Present middle (direct) infinitive of απεχω, old verb, to hold back from (1 Thessalonians 4:3). In indirect command (to keep on abstaining from) after παρακαλω (I beseech). With the ablative case των σαρκικων επιθυμιων, the grosser sins of the flesh (for σαρκικος see 1 Corinthians 3:3) like the list in 1 Peter 4:3.Which

(αιτινες). "Which very ones." Like Latin quippe qui.War against the soul

(στρατευοντα κατα της ψυχης). Present middle indicative of στρατευω, to carry on a campaign (James 4:1). See this struggle between the flesh and the spirit vividly pictured by Paul in Galatians 5:16-24.