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;

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 shall, 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

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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