2:11 How are fleshly lusts defined here?
2:11 How are fleshly lusts defined here?
What Peter is saying in effect here is that in view of the fact that Christians in this present world are strangers in a foreign land, without rights as citizens because their citizenship is in heaven, they must discipline themselves not to succumb to self-serving passions and desires that could damn their souls for eternity (cp V12 with Ro 8:13, 13:14; Ga 5:24; Tit 2:11-12; 1Pe 4:1-4).
Self-serving passions and desires covers the whole spectrum of fleshly lusts which are fixed on sensual objects as pleasure, profits, honours, derived from a corrupt, ungodly world system.
(See also comments on Ro 13:11-14; Ga 5:24-26; 1Pe 4:1-4).
2:13-17 See comments on
Ro 13:1-2