2 Peter 1:13 “I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the te…”

2 Peter 1:13

I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For I thinke it meete as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp by putting you in remembrance,

Darby Translation

But I account it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance,

Young's Literal Translation

and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding [you],

Bible in Basic English

And 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;

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Cross references

“as long”

2 Peter 1:14 Hebrews 13:3 2 Corinthians 5:8 2 Corinthians 5:1–4

2 Peter 1:14 · BSB

because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

Hebrews 13:3 · BSB

Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.

2 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB

We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:1–4 · BSB

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

“to stir”

2 Peter 3:1 2 Timothy 1:6 Haggai 1:14

2 Peter 3:1 · BSB

Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

2 Timothy 1:6 · BSB

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

Haggai 1:14 · BSB

So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and bega…

“by”

2 Peter 1:12

2 Peter 1:12 · BSB

Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.

14because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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