uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Peter begins to tell his readers how to live Christian lives.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

παροίκους καὶ παρεπιδήμους

sojourners and aliens

Here, foreigners and exiles mean basically the same thing. The repetition is used to emphasize that Christians on this earth are far away from their home in heaven. If your language does not use repetition to do this, you can use one phrase and provide emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “true exiles”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

παροίκους

sojourners

Peter uses foreigners here to refer to his Christian readers. Just like a foreigner is not in his homeland, so are Christians not at home while living on the earth. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “those living away from their home in heaven”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

παρεπιδήμους

aliens

See how you translated exiles in 1:1.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἀπέχεσθαι τῶν σαρκικῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν

/to_be/_keeping_away ˱from˲_the fleshly desires

Here, fleshly refers to a person’s sinful nature. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to abstain from satisfying your sinful desires”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

στρατεύονται κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς

/are/_warring against your soul

Peter speaks of fleshly desires as if they were soldiers trying to destroy the spiritual life of believers. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “will destroy your spiritual life”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

τῆς ψυχῆς

your soul

Peter is referring to each individual Christian to whom he is writing this letter, not one particular soul. If this would be misunderstood in your language, use a more natural phrase. Alternate translation: “your souls” or “you”