2 Peter 1:14

knowing that the deposition of this frail tabernacle of mine is hastily approaching, as our Lord Jesus Christ hath made evident to me.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

13Indeed, I think it right, as long as I am in this frail tabernacle, to rouse up your attention by reminding you:

15I will endeavour then that even after my decease, ye may always have wherewith to preserve the remembrance of these things.

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Cross References

John 21:18Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast a younger man, thou didst gird up thyself, and go about whithersoever thy choice led thee: but when thou shalt grow old, another person extending thy hands, shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

2 Timothy 4:6For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches.

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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