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Strangers and pilgrims; not only strangers in the several countries where ye inhabit, (being out of your own land), but strangers in the world, as all believers are, 1Ch_29:15 Psa_39:12 Psa_119:19 Heb_11:13,14.
Abstain from fleshly lusts; not only sensual desires, but all the works of the flesh, Gal_5:19-21, the carnal mind itself being enmity against God, Rom_8:7.
Which war; as enemies, oppose and fight against, Rom_7:23 Jam_4:1.
Against the soul; the inner man, or regenerate part, or Spirit, which is opposed to fleshly lusts: see Gal_5:17.