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George Lamsa Translation

2 Peter 1:13

Therefore I think it is right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Zeal, Religious;   Scofield Reference Index - Death;   Thompson Chain Reference - Earnestness-Indifference;   Fervour;   Zeal;   The Topic Concordance - Witness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Death;   Tent;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Building;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Providence of God;   Remember, Remembrance;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Obedience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Death;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Peter, the Epistles of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Keys of the Kingdom;   2 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Peter, Second Epistle of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Admonition;   Metaphor;   Peter Epistles of;   Tent, Tent-Making;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Judah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Peter, Second Epistle of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Meet;   Peter, Simon;   Peter, the Second Epistle of;   Stir;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for November 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder,
King James Version (1611)
Yea, I thinke it meete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp, by putting you in remembrance:
King James Version
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
English Standard Version
I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder,
New American Standard Bible
I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,
New Century Version
I think it is right for me to help you remember as long as I am in this body.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,
Berean Standard Bible
I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
Contemporary English Version
In fact, I think I should keep on reminding you until I leave this body.
Complete Jewish Bible
And I consider it right to keep stirring you up with reminders, as long as I am in the tent of this body.
Darby Translation
But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance,
Easy-to-Read Version
While I am still living here on earth, I think it is right for me to remind you of them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For I thinke it meete as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp by putting you in remembrance,
Good News Translation
I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive.
Lexham English Bible
But I consider it right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,
Literal Translation
But I deem it right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by a reminder,
Amplified Bible
I think it right, as long as I am in this earthly tent, to inspire you by reminding you,
American Standard Version
And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Bible in Basic English
And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;
Hebrew Names Version
I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;
International Standard Version
Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,2 Corinthians 5:1,4; 2 Peter 3:1;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
13 But I consider it right, so long as I am in this body [fn] to stir you up in remembrance:
Murdock Translation
And it seemeth right to me, so long as I am in this body, to excite you by monition;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Notwithstandyng I thynke it meete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp by puttyng you in remembraunce:
English Revised Version
And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
World English Bible
I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Yea I think it right, so long as I am in this tabernacle to stir you up by reminding you:
Weymouth's New Testament
But I think it right, so long as I remain in the body, my present dwelling-place, to arouse you by such reminders.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Y deme iustli, as long as Y am in this tabernacle, to reise you in monesting; and Y am certeyn,
Update Bible Version
And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Webster's Bible Translation
Indeed, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;
New English Translation
Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,
New King James Version
Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,
New Living Translation
And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.
New Life Bible
I think it is right as long as I am alive to keep you thinking about these things.
New Revised Standard
I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to refresh your memory,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Right, nevertheless, I account it - as long as I am in this tent, to be stirring you up by putting you in remembrance,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.
Revised Standard Version
I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to arouse you by way of reminder,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Notwithstodinge I thynke yt mete (as longe as I am in this tabernacle) to stere you vp by puttynge you in remebraunce
Young's Literal Translation
and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding [you],
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Notwithstondinge I thinke it mete, as loge as I am in this tabernacle, to stere you vp by puttinge you in remembraunce.
Mace New Testament (1729)
whilst I am alive, I think it my duty to awaken you by my admonitions:
Simplified Cowboy Version
I won't ever stop reminding you that you don't live for yourself, but you ride for the brand.

Contextual Overview

12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them well; and you rely on this very truth. 13 Therefore I think it is right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 Knowing that shortly I must depart this life, even as our LORD Jesus Christ has shown me. 15 Be diligent always, that you may be able to keep these things in remembrance; even after my departure.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as long: 2 Peter 1:14, 2 Corinthians 5:1-4, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Hebrews 13:3

to stir: 2 Peter 3:1, Haggai 1:14, 2 Timothy 1:6

by: 2 Peter 1:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 38:21 - tabernacle of testimony Numbers 23:10 - the death Deuteronomy 4:22 - General Deuteronomy 8:2 - remember Deuteronomy 31:2 - Thou shalt not 2 Samuel 23:1 - the last 1 Kings 2:1 - the days 1 Chronicles 22:5 - David prepared Matthew 24:46 - General Matthew 25:1 - went Luke 12:36 - men Luke 14:28 - counteth Romans 8:10 - the body 2 Corinthians 5:4 - we that 2 Thessalonians 1:3 - are 2 Timothy 2:14 - put Hebrews 2:1 - we should Revelation 2:5 - Remember Revelation 3:3 - Remember

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, I think it meet,.... Or "just". This is the apostle's other reason for his conduct, taken from the duty of his place and office; judging it to be what became him as an apostle and elder, and the minister of the circumcision, and was what was due to God and Christ, whom he served, and the souls of men under his care:

as long as I am in this tabernacle: or "body", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, and so some copies; for the body is as a tabernacle for the soul to dwell in, pitched for a time, and, ere long, to be taken down; :-,

to stir you up; to the lively exercise of grace, and constant performance of duty: by putting you in remembrance: of the said things; for saints are apt to be forgetful of their duty, and backward to it, and sluggish and slothful in it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, 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 performance of your duties; to keep up in your minds a lively sense of Divine things. Religion becomes more important to a man’s mind always as he draws near the close of life, and feels that he is soon to enter the eternal world.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. As long as I am in this tabernacle — By tabernacle we are to understand his body; and hence several of the versions have σωματι, body, instead of σκηνωματι, 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 where the soul dwells.


 
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