2 Peter 1:13

2 Peter 1:13

11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Peter’s Approaching Death

12 For this reason ^aI will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, ^bthough you know and are established in the present truth.

13 Yes, I think it is right, ^aas long as I am in this tent, ^bto stir you up by reminding you,

14 ^aknowing that shortly I must¹ put off my tent, just as ^bour Lord Jesus Christ showed me.

15 Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my¹ decease.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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I think it right (dikaion hgoumai). Peter considers this to be his solemn duty, "right" (dikaion). Cf. Philippians 3:1; Ephesians 6:1.

So long as (ef oson). For this phrase see Matthew 9:15; Romans 11:13.

Tabernacle (skhnwmati). Old word, in literal sense in Deuteronomy 33:18 for the usual skhnh (Peter's word at the Transfiguration, Mark 9:5), earliest use (in N.T. only here, verse II Peter 1:14; Acts 7:46 of the tabernacle of the covenant) in this metaphorical sense of life as a pilgrimage (I Peter 1:1; I Peter 2:11), though Paul has skhnov, so in II Corinthians 5:1, II Corinthians 5:4. Peter feels the nearness of death and the urgency upon him.

To stir you up (diegeirein umav). Present active infinitive of diegeirw, late (Arist., Hippocr., Herodian, papyri), perfective (dia = thoroughly) compound, to wake out of sleep (Mark 4:39), "to keep on rousing you up."

By putting you in remembrance (en upomnhsei). Old word, from upomimnhskw (verse II Peter 1:12), in N.T. only here, II Peter 3:1; II Timothy 1:5. "By way of reminding you."

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