Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims: Special people have special expectations placed on them. The Holy Spirit through the apostles gives these instructions. The special people are addressed as "strangers" (paroikos) and "pilgrims" (parepidemo). A stranger is one who lives as a foreigner in a foreign land. A pilgrim is a traveler on a journey, one who remains in a place only for a short time. God’s people are residents, but their real and permanent home is in heaven (Philippians 3:20).