10 (A)for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

11 (B)Beloved, (C)I urge you as (D)foreigners and strangers to abstain from (E)fleshly lusts, which wage (F)war against the soul.

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10 Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.(A)

11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.

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

Living Godly Lives in a Pagan Society

11 Dear friends,(B) I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,(C) to abstain from sinful desires,(D) which wage war against your soul.(E)

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