Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Which war against the soul — αιτινες στρατευονται κατα της ψυχης. Which are marshalled and drawn up in battle array, to fight against the soul; either to slay it, or to bring it into captivity. This is the object and operation of every earthly and sensual desire. How little do those who indulge them think of the ruin which they produce!