2 Peter 1:14

2 Peter 1:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
• New International Version (NIV)because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

Context of 2 Peter 1:14

12Wherefore 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. 13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. 16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

2 Peter 1:14 word by word

εἰδὼς ὅτι ταχινή ἐστιν ἡ ἀπόθεσις τοῦ σκηνώματός μου, καθὼς καὶ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐδήλωσέν μοι.Read the interlinear

• ·εἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• Knowingεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• shortlyταχινόςtachinos · quickG5031
• I must put offὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• I must put offἀπόθεσιςapothesis · removalG595
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• tabernacleσκήνωμαskēnōma · tentG4638
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• hath shewedδηλόωdēloō · to make clearG1213

Cross-references for 2 Peter 1:14

• Deuteronomy 4:21Furthermore Yhwh was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Yhwh thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
• Deuteronomy 31:14And Yhwh said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Joshua 23:14And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Yhwh your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
• 1 Kings 2:2I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
• Acts 20:25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
• 2 Timothy 4:6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
• John 21:18Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

Commentaries on 2 Peter 1:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Knowing that shortly I must put off - St. Peter plainly refers to the conversation between our Lord and himself, related John 21:18, John 21:19. And it is likely that he had now a particular intimation that he was shortly to seal the truth with his blood. But as our Lord told him that his death would take place when he should be old, being aged now he might on this ground fairly suppose that his departure was at hand.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle - That I must die. This he knew, probably, because he was growing old, and was reaching the outer period of human life. It does not appear that he had any express revelation on the point. Even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me - See the notes at John 21:18-19. This does not mean that he had any new revelation on the subject, showing him that he was soon to die, as many of the ancients supposed…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. 14This prophecy might have come to Peter in a vision, but it is more likely that he was remembering the prophecy Jesus gave about his death (John 21:18–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. shortly I must put off--Greek, "the putting off (as a garment) of my tabernacle is speedy": implying a soon approaching, and also a sudden death (as a violent death is). Christ's words, Joh 21:18, 19, "When thou art old," &c., were the ground of his "knowing," now that he was old, that his foretold martyrdom was near. Compare as to Paul, 2Ti 4:6. Though a violent death, he calls it a "departure" (Greek for "decease," 2Pe 1:15), compare Ac 7:60.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Peter 1:14

• Death
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• Christ
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• Calling
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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