2 Peter 1:13

2 Peter 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
• New International Version (NIV)I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,
• English Standard Version (ESV)I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

Context of 2 Peter 1:13

11Then God will bring you safely into the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ that continues for ever. Jesus Christ is our Saviour and God will be happy to welcome you into his kingdom. 12You already know these things. You know that they are completely true. But because they are important, I will continue to tell you about them again and again. While I am still alive on this earth I will continue to make sure that you remember them. I think that it is right for me to do that. 14I know that I will die soon. Our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that clearly. 15After I am no longer with you, I want you still to remember what I have told you. So I will make sure that you have something to help you not to forget.

2 Peter 1:13 word by word

δίκαιον δὲ ἡγοῦμαι, ἐφ᾽ ὅσον εἰμὶ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ σκηνώματι, διεγείρειν ὑμᾶς ἐν ὑπομνήσει·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yeaδέde · thenG1161
• I think itἡγέομαιhēgeomai · to governG2233
• meetδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• ·ἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• as long asὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• I amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• tabernacleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• tabernacleσκήνωμαskēnōma · tentG4638
• to stirδιεγείρωdiegeirō · to arouseG1326
• youσύsu · youG4771
• by puttingὑπόμνησιςhupomnēsis · remembranceG5280

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:13

• 2 Peter 1:14I know that I will die soon. Our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that clearly.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1Our bodies are like a tent that we live in here on earth. One day, that home will come to an end. But we know that God will give us a new home. It is not a house that a human builder has built. God has built it for us in heaven and we will live there for ever.
• Hebrews 13:3Remember to help those believers who are in prison. Think about what that would be like, if you were there with them. Remember those believers who are receiving trouble from people. Think about them as if you were receiving the same pain in your own body.
• 2 Peter 3:1My friends, this is the second letter that I have written to you. I have written both these letters to help you to understand some things. You already know these things. I want you to think about them in a good way.
• Haggai 1:14In that way, the Lord gave strength to Zerubbabel, Joshua and all the people who had returned to live in Jerusalem. They decided to work hard to build the temple of their God, the Almighty Lord.
• 2 Timothy 1:6For that reason, I want you to remember the gift that God gave you when I put my hands on you. Use that gift more and more to serve God well.
• 2 Peter 1:12You already know these things. You know that they are completely true. But because they are important, I will continue to tell you about them again and again.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13As long as I am in this tabernacle - By tabernacle we are to understand his body; and hence several of the versions have , body, instead of , tabernacle. Peter's mode of speaking is very remarkable: as long as I AM in this tabernacle, so then the body was not Peter, but Peter dwelt in that body. Is not this a proof that St. Peter believed his soul to be very distinct from his body? As a man's house is the place where he dwells, so the body is the house…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Yea, I think it meet - I think it becomes me as an apostle. It is my appropriate duty; a duty which is felt the more as the close of life draws near. As long as I am in this tabernacle - As long as I live; as long as I am in the body. The body is called a tabernacle, or tent, as that in which the soul resides for a little time. See the notes at 2 Corinthians 5:1. To stir you up, by putting you in remembrance - To excite or arouse you to a diligent…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. 1313. Yea--Greek, "But"; though "you know" the truth (2Pe 1:12). this tabernacle--soon to be taken down (2Co 5:1): I therefore need to make the most of my short time for the good of Christ's Church. The zeal of Satan against it, the more intense as his time is short, ought to stimulate Christians on the same ground. by--Greek, "in" (compare 2Pe 3:1).Read the comment

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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