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2 Peter 1:13
13And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.
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 give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 12Therefore, I will always remind you about these things—even though you already know them and are standing firm in the truth you have been taught. And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live. 14For our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I must soon leave this earthly life, 15so I will work hard to make sure you always remember these things after I am gone.
Read all of 2 Peter 12 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 1:14For our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I must soon leave this earthly life,
- 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
- Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies.
- 2 Peter 3:1This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory.
- Haggai 1:14So the Lord sparked the enthusiasm of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the enthusiasm of Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the enthusiasm of the whole remnant of God’s people. They began to work on the house of their God, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
- 2 Timothy 1:6This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.
- 2 Peter 1:12Therefore, I will always remind you about these things—even though you already know them and are standing firm in the truth you have been taught.
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
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