2 Peter 1:13

Contextual Overview

¹² You already know these things. You are very strong in the truth you have. But I am always going to help you remember them. ¹² Therefore I intend always to remind you of these things, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. ¹² Wherfore I will not be necgligent to put you allwayes in remembraunce of soche thinges though that ye knowe them youre selves and be also stablisshed in the present trueth. ¹² Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth. ¹² Therefore, 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. ¹² You know these things, and you are very strong in the truth, but I will always help you remember them. ¹² Therefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though you know them, and are established in the truth which is with [you]. ¹² Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and are established in the present truth. ¹² Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth. ¹² Wherefore I will not neglect always to remind you of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the present truth,

Bible Verse Review
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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.