2 Peter 1:15

2 Peter 1:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
• New International Version (NIV)And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.

Context of 2 Peter 1:15

13I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder, 14since I know that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed made clear to me. And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure. 16For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased!”

2 Peter 1:15 word by word

σπουδάσω δὲ καὶ ἑκάστοτε ἔχειν ὑμᾶς μετὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ἔξοδον τὴν τούτων μνήμην ποιεῖσθαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• Moreoverδέde · thenG1161
• I will endeavour thatσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• may be ableποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• myἐμόςemos · mineG1699
• deceaseἔξοδοςexodos · departureG1841
• to haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• these thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• alwaysἑκάστοτεhekastote · alwaysG1539
• in remembranceμνήμηmnēmē · remembranceG3420

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:15

• Deuteronomy 31:19Therefore write down this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; have them sing it, so that this song may be a witness for me against the Israelites.
• Joshua 24:24So the people said to Joshua, “We will worship the Lord our God and obey him.”
• 1 Chronicles 29:1Then King David said to all the assembly, “My son Solomon — God has chosen him alone — is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the building will not be built for a human but for the Lord God.
• Psalms 71:18Even while I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, while I proclaim your power to another generation, your strength to all who are to come.
• 2 Timothy 2:2What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
• Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.
• 2 Peter 1:4By these he has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 1:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Moreover, I will endeavor - And is not this endeavor seen in these two epistles? By leaving these among them, even after his decease, they had these things always in remembrance. After my decease - · After my going out, i.e. of his tabernacle. The real Peter was not open to the eye, nor palpable to the touch; he was concealed in that tabernacle vulgarly supposed to be Peter. There is a thought very similar to this in the last conversation of Socrates with…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Moreover, I will endeavour - I will leave such a permanent record of my views on these subjects that you may not forget them. He meant not only to declare his sentiments orally, but to record them that they might be perused when he was dead. He had such a firm conviction of the truth and value of the sentiments which he held, that he would use all the means in his power that the church and the world should not forget them. After my decease - My “exodus,”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-15Verses 12-15 We must be established in the belief of the truth, that we may not be shaken by every wind of doctrine; and especially in the truth necessary for us to know in our day, what belongs to our peace, and what is opposed in our time. The body is but a tabernacle, or tent, of the soul. It is a mean and movable dwelling. The nearness of death makes the apostle diligent in the business of life. Nothing can so give composure in the prospect, or in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15Peter was writing at the end of his life, and 2 Peter is similar to works that belong to a popular Jewish genre called the testament. In this genre, an older and respected leader gives final instructions to his children or to the people under his care while he is near death (see Deuteronomy 31–33; Joshua 24). This genre is especially well known from a Jewish work called The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. endeavour--"use my diligence": the same Greek word as in 2Pe 1:10: this is the field in which my diligence has scope. Peter thus fulfils Christ's charge, "Feed My sheep" (Joh 21:16, 17). decease--"departure." The very word ("exodus") used in the Transfiguration, Moses and Elias conversing about Christ's decease (found nowhere else in the New Testament, but He 11:22, "the departing of Israel" out of Egypt, to which the saints' deliverance from the…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Calling
• Corruption
• Cunningly
• Diligence
• Escape
• Glory
• Prophecy
• Sure
• Chronology of the New Testament
• Decease, in New Testament

Commentaries on 2 Peter 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings