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

11for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. 12Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and have been established in the truth which is present with you. I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

2 Peter 1:13 word by word

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

• I considerἡγέομαιhēgeomai · to governG2233
• rightδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• as longὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
• as I amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• dwellingσκήνωμαskēnōma · tentG4638
• stirδιεγείρωdiegeirō · to arouseG1326
• by wayἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• of reminderὑπόμνησιςhupomnēsis · remembranceG5280

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:13

• 2 Peter 1:14knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.
• Hebrews 13:3Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are badly treated, since you yourselves also are in the body.
• 2 Peter 3:1Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of a reminder,
• Haggai 1:14So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of armies, their God,
• 2 Timothy 1:6For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
• 2 Peter 1:12Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

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