2 Peter 1:13

But I think it my duty, as long as I live in this ‘tent,’ to rouse you by awakening memories of the past;

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In The King James Version

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

In Context

12I will, therefore, always be ready to remind you of all this, even though you know it and are firmly established in the truth that you now hold.

14for I know that the time for this ‘tent’ of mine to be put away is soon coming, as our Lord Jesus Christ himself assured me.

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Cross References

Haggai 1:14And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people, so that they came and worked on the temple of the Lord of hosts, their God,

2 Corinthians 5:8And in this confidence we would gladly leave our home in the body, and make our home with the Lord.

Hebrews 13:3Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.

2 Peter 1:14for I know that the time for this ‘tent’ of mine to be put away is soon coming, as our Lord Jesus Christ himself assured me.

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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