2 Peter 1 · Verse 13

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;
2 Peter 1:13, King James Version

2 Peter 1:13 in other translations

BSBI think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
WEBI think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,
ASVAnd I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
YLTand I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding you,
DARBYBut I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance,
BBEAnd 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;
WebsterIndeed, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

What does 2 Peter 1:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. 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).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 13. 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. 2Cor 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.

(+) "meet" "right" (a) "stir you up" 2Pet 3:1 (++) "remembrance" "reminding you"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Peter 1:12-15

We must be established in the belief of the truth, that we may not be shaken by every wind of doctrine; and especially in the truth necessary for us to know in our day, what belongs to our peace, and what is opposed in our time. The body is but a tabernacle, or tent, of the soul. It is a mean and movable dwelling. The nearness of death makes the apostle diligent in the business of life. Nothing can so give composure…

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2 Peter 1:13 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

δίκαιονdikaionRightG1342
δὲdenowG1161
ἡγοῦμαι,hēgoumaiI esteem it,G2233
ἐφ᾽eph᾽asG1909
ὅσονhosonlong asG3745
εἰμὶeimiI amG1510
ἐνeninG1722
τούτῳtoutōthisG3778
τῷtō<the>G3588
σκηνώματι,skēnōmatitabernacle,G4638
διεγείρεινdiegeireinto stir upG1326
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771
ἐνenbyG1722
ὑπομνήσει·hupomnēseiputting [you] in remembrance;G5280

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Cross references for 2 Peter 1:13

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

  • 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 the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

  • 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 truth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as long.
14; 2Co 5:1-4,8; Heb 13:3
to stir.
3:1; Hag 1:14; 2Ti 1:6
by.
12

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Context

  • 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 truth.

  • 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;

  • 2 Peter 1:14

    Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

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2 Peter 1:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque tengo por justo, en tanto que estoy en este tabernáculo, de incitaros con amonestación:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais j’estime qu’il est juste, tant que je suis dans cette tente, de vous réveiller en rappelant ces choses à votre mémoire,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich halte es aber für recht, solange ich in dieser Hütte bin, euch durch Erinnerung aufzuwecken,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Justum autem arbitror quamdiu sum in hoc tabernaculo, suscitare vos in commonitione: