2 Peter 1:13
in 2 Peter 1I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Peter 1
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 2Co 5:
This site's exposition
I will always remind you of these things
on 2 Peter 1:12-15
Peter's last work is remembrance. He calls his body a tent that will soon be laid aside, as the Lord foretold in John 21:18-19. After my departure uses exodon, his exodus, and many older readers linked this promise to Mark's Gospel.
This site's exposition
tent of my body
Peter calls his body a tent. Albert Barnes reads it as the dwelling where the soul lives a little while, and he points to the same picture in 2 Corinthians 5:1. The nearness of the end is the reason for his reminders.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
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.
The Medieval Church2 voices
So that with the constant reminder of the same things they would not think they were being condemned for idleness, and not be grieved, the apostle added: "though you know and are established in the present truth." And in explanation of the reason for the …
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 …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Yea, I think it meet,.... Or "just".
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Yea--Greek, "But"; though "you know" the truth (2Pe 1:12). this tabernacle--soon to be taken down (2Co 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 2Pe 3:1).
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
14 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| δίκαιον | dikaion | Right | G1342 → | 79 times |
| δὲ | de | now | G1161 → | 2765 times |
| ἡγοῦμαι, | hegoumai | I esteem it, | G2233 → | 28 times |
| ἐφ᾽ | eph᾽ | as | G1909 → | 883 times |
| ὅσον | hoson | long as | G3745 → | |
| εἰμὶ | eimi | I am | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| τούτῳ | touto | this | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| τῷ | to | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| σκηνώματι, | skenomati | tabernacle, | G4638 → | |
| διεγείρειν | diegeirein | to stir up | G1326 → | |
| ὑμᾶς | humas | you | G4771 → | 2973 times |
| ἐν | en | by | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| ὑπομνήσει· | hupomnesei | putting [you] in remembrance; | G5280 → |
δίκαιονRight
dikaionG1342 →79 times
δὲnow
deG1161 →2765 times
ἡγοῦμαι,I esteem it,
hegoumaiG2233 →28 times
ἐφ᾽as
eph᾽G1909 →883 times
ὅσονlong as
hosonG3745 →
εἰμὶI am
eimiG1510 →2333 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
τούτῳthis
toutoG3778 →1381 times
τῷ<the>
toG3588 →19766 times
σκηνώματι,tabernacle,
skenomatiG4638 →
διεγείρεινto stir up
diegeireinG1326 →
ὑμᾶςyou
humasG4771 →2973 times
ἐνby
enG1722 →2738 times
ὑπομνήσει·putting [you] in remembrance;
hupomneseiG5280 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Timothy 1:6For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
it leads to
- 1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
- 1 Peter 4:10–11
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
- Romans 12:6–8
We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
- 1 Thessalonians 5:19
Do not extinguish the Spirit.
- 2 Peter 3:1
Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
- 1 Timothy 4:14
Through
2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
it leads to
- Philippians 1:20–24
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or…
- 2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
- Philippians 1:20–24
Through
Hebrews 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
it leads to
- Matthew 25:36
I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
- Matthew 25:36
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Peter

This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Bede, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles; Hilary of Arles, INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 2 Peter.
