And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yes, I will make every effort that you may always be able to remember these things even after my departure.
- KJV Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
- 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.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 71:18Yes, even when I am old and gray-haired, God, don’t forsake me, until I have declared your strength to the next generation, your might to everyone who is to come.
- Deut 31:19–29“Now therefore write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the children of Israel. Put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- Josh 24:24–29The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
- 2 Pet 1:12Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.
- Heb 11:4By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
- 2 Pet 1:4–7by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
- 1 Chr 29:1–20David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.
- Luke 9:31who appeared in glory, and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
- 2 Tim 2:2The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
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