10 (A)who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.

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11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts (B)which war against the soul,

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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 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

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