2 Peter 1:13

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Yea	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
it	ἡγοῦμαι, hēgoumai	G2233	to lead · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 1st person singular
meet	δίκαιον dikaion	G1342	equitable (in character or act) · adjective — accusative singular neuter
as	ὅσον hoson	G3745	as (much · correlative pronoun — accusative singular masculine
am	εἰμὶ eimi	G1510	I exist (used only when emphatic) · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
this	τούτῳ toútōi	G5129	to (in
tabernacle	σκηνώματι, skēnōmati	G4638	an encampment · noun — dative singular neuter
stir	διεγείρειν diegeirein	G1326	to wake fully · verb — present active infinitive
you	ὑμᾶς hymâs	G5209	you (as the objective of a verb or preposition)
up	διεγείρω diegeírō	G1326	to wake fully
putting	ὑπομνήσει· hupomnēsei	G5280	a reminding or (reflexively) recollection · noun — dative singular feminine
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
remembrance	ὑπόμνησις hypómnēsis	G5280	a reminding or (reflexively) recollection

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Cross-references

2 Peter 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
2 Peter 3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
Hebrews 13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
2 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Haggai 1:14 And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the…
2 Corinthians 5:1-4 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in…
2 Peter 1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:12-15

I. The importance and advantage of progress and perseverance in grace and holiness made the apostle to be very diligent in doing the work of a minister of Christ, that he might thereby excite and assist them to be diligent in the duty of Christians. If ministers be negligent in their work, it can hardly be expected that the people will be diligent in theirs; therefore Peter will not be negligent (that is, at no time or place, in no part of his work, to no part of his charge), but will be exemplarily and universally diligent, and that in the work of a remembrancer. This is the office of the best ministers, even the apostles themselves; they are the Lord's remembrancers (Isa 62:6); they are es…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Peter 1:13

Yea--Greek, "But"; though "you know" the truth (Pe2 1:12). this tabernacle--soon to be taken down (Co2 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 Pe2 3:1).

Adam Clarke on 2 Peter 1:13

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.

John Gill on 2 Peter 1:13

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; See Gill on 2 Corinthians 5:1, to stir you up; to the lively exercise of grace, and constant performance of duty: by putting you in remembrance: of th…

The Church Fathers

Peter thought that it was right to call Gentiles to faith, but the Jews did not. This is why he expresses himself like this here.
— Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER

I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, etc. We usually make use of a tabernacle in journey or in war, and rightly therefore the faithful, as long as they are in the body and are away from the Lord, testify that they are in tabernacles, in which they may conduct the journey of this life and fight against the adversaries of the truth.
— Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles

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Dictionary and topics

Peter, Second Epistle of — The question of the authenticity of this epistle has been much discussed, but the weight of evidence is wholly in favour of its claim to be the production of the apostle whose name it bears. It…
Tabernacle · Illustrative: Of the body — Illustrative: Of the body

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Peter 1:13

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:12-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Peter 1:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Peter 1:13

John Gill on 2 Peter 1:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Peter 1:13

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Peter 1:12-15

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Peter 1:13

Adam Clarke on 2 Peter 1:13

John Gill on 2 Peter 1:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on 2 Peter 1:10-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Peter 1:12-15