ABSTAIN FROM SINFUL DESIRES

10 Once you were not a people,

But now you are the people of God;

Once you had not received Mercy,

But now you have received Mercy.

11 DEAR FRIENDS, I URGE YOU,

AS STRANGERS IN THE WORLD,

TO ABSTAIN FROM SINFUL DESIRES

WHICH WAR AGAINST YOUR SOUL.

(1 Peter 2:10-11)