2 Peter 1:14

knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

In Context

13And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

15Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:21Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

Joshua 23:14And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.

John 21:18Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:13-16

Spiritual Exertions. ( a. d. 67.) 12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. I. The… Read the whole commentary →

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