Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.
- BSB And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.
- NKJV Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.
- NASB And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.
- NLT so I will work hard to make sure you always remember these things after I am gone.
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Quick answer
Peter will make every effort to ensure his readers can recall these truths even after he is gone. It matters because the truth must outlast its teachers and be preserved for future generations.
Overview
Peter's concern reaches beyond his lifetime; he wants a lasting reminder for the church. Many have seen this as part of why such teaching was committed to writing, preserving apostolic truth. The passage highlights the enduring value of Scripture and faithful instruction.
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Cross-references · 9
- Ps 71:18Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
- Deut 31:19–29Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- Josh 24:24–29And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
- 2 Pet 1:12Wherefore 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.
- Heb 11:4By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
- 2 Pet 1:4–7Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- 1 Chr 29:1–20Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
- Luke 9:31Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
- 2 Tim 2:2And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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