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Beloved (ἀγαπητοί)
A favorite term with Peter, occurring eight times in the epistles. See the phrase, our beloved. Barnabas and Paul, Act 15:25, in the letter sent by the council at Jerusalem to the Gentile Christians, the account of which, doubtless, came from Peter. Compare our beloved brother Paul, 2Pe 3:15.
Strangers (παροίκους)
Rev., sojourners. Compare 1Pe 1:17, “the time of your sojourning (παροικίας).”
Which (αἵτινες)
The compound pronoun denotes a class, of that kind which, classifying all fleshly desires in one category.