Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims ... Like the overture to a great opera which gathers the dominating strains of the whole production, these words suggest the tragedy that lies so close at hand.  "These words, when compared with  Psalms 39:12, Septuagint (LXX), from which Peter drew them, prepare for the description of distress which is to follow."[31] For more comment on "sojourners," see under  1 Peter 2:1:1.  The word "pilgrim" means primarily, "one who journeys."