2 Peter 1:14

since I know, that the demise of my body is speedy, as also my Lord Jesus the Messiah hath showed me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 it seemeth right to me, so long as I am in this body, to excite you by monition;

15And I am anxious, that, after my departure, ye too may have it always with you to make mention of these things.

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Cross References

John 21:18Verily, verily, I say to thee: When thou wast young, thou girdedst thy own loins, and walkedst whither it pleased thee: but when thou shalt be old, thou wilt extend thy hands, and another will gird thy loins for thee, and will conduct thee whither thou wouldst not.

2 Timothy 4:6But I am soon to be immolated; and the time of my dissolution hath 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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