2 Peter 1:14
“Knowing that shortly I must put off this my Tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed mee.”
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2 Peter 1:14 Context
12Wherefore I wil not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though yee know them, and be stablished in the present trueth. 13Yea, I thinke it meete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp, by putting you in remembrance: 14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my Tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed mee. 15Moreouer, I will endeuour, that you may bee able after my decease, to haue these things alwayes in remembrance. 16For wee haue not followed cunningly deuised fables, when wee made knowen vnto you the power and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, but were eye witnesses of his Maiestie.
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Other Translations for 2 Peter 1:14
Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
- King James Version
knowing that the laying aside of my {earthly} dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
- Basic English Bible
knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is speedily [to take place], as also our Lord Jesus Christ has manifested to me;
- Darby Bible
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shown me.
- Webster's Bible
For I know that the time for me to lay aside my body is now rapidly drawing near, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has revealed to me.
- Weymouth Bible
knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
- World English Bible
that the putting awei of my tabernacle is swift, bi this that oure Lord Jhesu Crist hath schewid to me.
- Wycliffe Bible
having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Peter 1:14
1:14 Even as the Lord Jesus showed me - In the manner which had foretold, #John 21:18|, &c. It is not improbable, he had also showed him that the time was now drawing nigh.
People's Bible Notes for 2 Peter 1:14
2Pe 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle. Must die very soon. Even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Christ had predicted his death as a martyr (Joh 21:18,19). It is to this prediction that Peter refers.