I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
Parallel translations
- WEB I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;
- KJV Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
- NKJV Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,
- NASB I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,
- NLT And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live.
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Quick answer
As long as he lives in his earthly body, Peter considers it right to stir his readers up by reminding them. It matters because faithful teachers use their remaining time to strengthen others.
Overview
Peter calls his body a 'tent,' a temporary dwelling, signaling awareness of his coming death. He views his remaining ministry as a stewardship to rouse believers to alertness and faithfulness. The reminder shows a pastor's heart investing in others while he still can.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- 2 Pet 3:1Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking
- 2 Pet 1:14because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
- Heb 13:3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
- 2 Cor 5:8We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
- 2 Tim 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.
- 2 Pet 1:12Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
- 2 Cor 5:1–4Now 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.
- Hag 1:14So 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 began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
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