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2 Peter 1:14
knowing that shortly I must put off this tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.
knowing that shortly I must put off this tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.
Verse 14. _KNOWING THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF_] St. Peter plainly refers to the conversation between our Lord and himself, related John 21:18; John 21:19. And it is likely that he had now a particul...
KNOWING THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF THIS MY TABERNACLE - That I must die. This he knew, probably, because he was growing old, and was reaching the outer period of human life. It does not appear that h...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE GRACIOUS PROVISIONS OF GOD CHAPTER 1 _ 1. God's gracious provisions in Christ (2 Peter 1:1)_ 2. The development of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:5) 3. The promises o...
So long as he lives, it is his duty as an apostle to impress these truths upon them, especially since he anticipates a sudden death. ( 2 PETER 1:14. SWIFTLY: render suddenly the reference is to the pr...
THE MAN WHO OPENED DOORS (2 Peter 1:1) _ 1:1 Symeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, writes this letter to those to whom there has been allotted a faith equal in honour and privilege wit...
It is for this reason that I intend constantly to remind you of these things, although you already know them, and although you are already firmly established in the truth which you possess. I think it...
SHORTLY. Greek. _tachinos._ Only here and 2 Peter 2:1 (swift). I MUST PUT OFF. is the putting off of. Greek. _apothesis._ See 1 Peter 3:21. HATH. Omit, and supply "also". SHEWED. declared. Greek. _d...
_knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle_ Better, KNOWING THAT SWIFT WILL BE THE PUTTING OFF OF MY TABERNACLE. He speaks not so much of the nearness of his death, as of the suddenness w...
13, 14. It is the more necessary for me to remind you, since I shall not be long with you. ἘΝ is here used of the instrument. ΤΑΧΙΝΉ, speedy: we may take it to mean that the change is to come soon,...
ΕΪ́ΔΏΣ _perf. act. part. от_ ΟΊΔΑ (G1492) знать. Def. perf. со значением _praes._ Причинное _part._, "потому что я знаю" ΤΑΧΙΝΌΣ (G5031) скорый, быстрый. Это слово МОжет означать внезапность или ско...
DISCOURSE: 2421 A PASTORAL ADMONITION 2 Peter 1:12. Wherefore 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. Y...
KNOWING THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF, &C.— _Knowing that the laying aside of this my tabernacle approacheth swiftly, in the manner that the Lord Jesus Christ hath made known unto me._ Our Lord not only...
2 PETER 1:13-14 AND I THINK IT RIGHT, AS LONG AS I AM IN THIS TABERNACLE, TO STIR YOU UP BY PUTTING YOU IN REMEMBRANCE; KNOWING THAT THE PUTTING OFF OF MY TABERNACLE COMETH SWIFTLY, EVEN AS OUR LORD J...
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF, [ apothesis (G595)]. 'The putting off (as a garment) of my tabernacle is...
VERSE 14. KNOWING THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF THIS TABERNACLE. Peter here alludes to his own death. Of this he felt assured, for the Lord Jesus Christ had shown him that he must suffer, and he here st...
1 The introduction of the name Simeon, before Peter, and slave in addition to apostle, gives us a clue to the character of this second epistle. The emphasis is laid on practice rather than precept. It...
SHORTLY MUST PUT OFF _THIS_ MY TABERNACLE] RV 'the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly.' His death was to be violent, and therefore sudden: cp. John 21:18. There will be no time then for admon...
GREEETING. THANKSGIVING. EXHORTATION TO PROGEESS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM ONE WHO REMEMBERS JESUS CHRIST 2 Peter 1 may be subdivided into two parts: (_a_) 2 Peter 1:1, greeting followed by a declaration...
JESUS WILL RETURN PETER’S SECOND LETTER _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ ABOUT THIS LETTER THE WRITER Peter wrote this letter. His name used to be Simon, but Jesus changed it to Peter (John 1:42...
KNOWING THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF THIS MY TABERNACLE. — This is rather wide of the mark. Among English versions Wiclif alone is right. The meaning is, _Knowing as I do that the putting off of my tab...
(12-15) Transition from the exhortation just concluded to the argument that follows, closely and naturally connected with both....
CHAPTER 21 THE VOICE HEARD IN THE HOLY MOUNT 2 Peter 1:12 UP to this point the Apostle has spoken of God's abundant grace and the consequent duties of believers. And he has set forth these duties in...
ταχινή “imminent,” _cf._ 2 Peter 2:1. A poetical word peculiar to 2 Peter in N.T. The _process_ described by ἀπόθεσις can hardly be “sudden,” Plat. _Rep._ 553 D, but there is always an impression of s...
_The aim of the writer, and the urgency of his message_. “You are already acquainted with and established in the truth, so far as revealed to you, but, in view of the great issues, I shall always be p...
“EYE-WITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY” 2 Peter 1:12 Peter could never forget what the Master had predicted of his death. See John 21:18. Oh, that in our death, whatever be its mode, we may glorify God! The f...
This Epistle was addressed to the same persons as was the first. Its purpose was to strengthen them in view of dangers threatening them within the Church. The apostle addressed them as having 'like pr...
PETER'S PERSONAL CONCERN Because Peter wanted his readers to receive the blessing of heaven, he wrote to remind them of some truths they already knew. It is the job of those proclaiming the truth to e...
_The laying aside, [4] or dissolution; i.e. my death is at hand. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Depositio, _Greek: e apothesis._...
"Wherefore 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. (13) Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this ta...
In the second Epistle of Peter (and here I must be brief, because of the hour; and I may be brief because Jude will afford us a further consideration of it) we have the same substantial truth of God's...
14_I must put off this my tabernacle. _Literally the words are, “Short is the putting; away of this tabernacle.” By this mode of speaking, and afterwards by the word “departing,” he designates death,...
The Second Epistle of Peter is even more simple than the First. Like those of Jude and John, it is written essentially with a view to the seducers, who, with large promises of liberty, beguiled souls...
KNOWING THAT SHORTLY I MUST PUT OFF THIS MY TABERNACLE,.... Which is another reason why the apostle was so pressing in this case, and so much urged the exhortation, and was so diligent in reminding th...
Knowing that shortly I must put off _this_ my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Ver. 14. _I must put off_] _See Trapp on "_ 2Co 5:1 _"_ What is this life, but a spot of time b...
_Wherefore_ Considering the evil consequent on the want or neglect of these graces, and the benefit which will arise from the exercise of them; since everlasting destruction would be the consequence o...
Peter writes not only as an apostle (as in his first epistle), but as a bondman and apostle. So authority is not only stressed, but lowliness of subjection, a precious reminder in days of deter-mined...
_2 Peter 1:14 ‘knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.'_ ‘THE LAYING ASIDE' -‘a putting off or away' (Vine p. 238); ‘remov...
12-15 We must be established in the belief of the truth, that we may not be shaken by every wind of doctrine; and especially in the truth necessary for us to know in our day, what belongs to our peac...
I MUST PUT OFF; a metaphor taken from garments; the soul, while in the body, is clothed with flesh, and death to the godly is but the putting off their clothes, and going to bed, ISAIAH 57:2. THIS MY...
2 Peter 1:14 knowing G1492 (G5761) that G3754 shortly G5031 off G2076 (G5748) G595 my G3450 tent...
‘And I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance, knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified to me....
PETER EMPHASISES HIS WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE EXHORTING THEM, AND THE RIGHTNESS OF DOING SO, AND HE PROMISES THAT HE WILL PURSUE IT WITH TRUE DILIGENCE (2 PETER 1:12) Peter now stresses his readiness a...
2 Peter 1:14. KNOWING THAT QUICK IS THE PUTTING OFF OF MY TABERNACLE. There is a mixture of metaphor here. The idea of a ‘putting off' (the word occurs only here and in 1 Peter 3:21), or _denuding,_ w...
The writer next expresses his resolution to use the brief portion of life now remaining to him in recalling the attention of his readers to the great truths to which he has been referring, and in maki...
THE PUTTING OFF OF MY TABERNACLE (η αποθεσις του σκηννωματος μου). For αποθεσις see on 1 Peter 3:21 and for σκηνωμα verse 2 Peter 1:13. For the metaphor see 2 Corinthians 5:3.COMETH SWIFTLY (ταχιν...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:_ Peter here...
2 Peter 1:9. _But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off,_ He is short-sighted; he has some light, and some physical sight, but he cannot see to a distance; spiritually, he is...
CONTENTS: The great Christian virtues. God's Word exalted. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Peter. CONCLUSION: The Christian should be diligent to add one Christian grace to another that he may bring glory...
2 Peter 1:1. _Simon Peter,_ the Greek is Symeon, as in two other places of the Greek text. _To them that have obtained like precious faith,_ the christians of every name. _Through the righteousness of...
I KNOW. See John 13:36; John 21:18-19. Traditional history of the early church places Peter at Rome during the last year of his life, and says that he was crucified upside down. If, as some think, Pau...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:14 AS OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST MADE CLEAR TO ME. It seems that Peter has recently become aware of how soon he will be martyred. He may also be thinking about what Jesus told him...
2 PETER—NOTE ON 2 PETER 1:12 Peter’s Reminder to the Churches. Peter contrasts the truth about Christ and the falsehood of man-made myths. In light of this certain truth, the church should focus on li...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ 2 Peter 1:12. PRESENT TRUTH.—Not some particular phase of truth, but the truth which you have and hold. 2 Peter 1:14. SHOWED ME.—The reference cannot be to John 21:18,...
EXPOSITION 2 PETER 1:1 SIMON PETER. "Symeon" seems to be the best-supported spelling in this place. The same form of the name is found in Luke 2:25 and Acts 13:1; it also occurs in...
Second Peter. Simon Peter (2 Peter 1:1), The name Simon, of course, was the given name. Peter is the name that Jesus gave to him. He is, a bondslave and an apostle (2 Peter 1:1) It seems that bond...
1 Kings 2:2; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Timothy 4:6; Acts 20:25; Deuteronomy 31:14
Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle [τ α χ ι ν η ε σ τ ι ν η α π ο θ ω σ ι ς τ ο υ σ κ η ν ω μ α τ ο ς μ ο υ]. Lit., quick is the putting off of my tabernacle. Rev., the putting off of my tabern...
A CALL TO GREATER THINGS 2 Peter 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The author of the Epistle. It is most refreshing and certainly inspiring to open the Bible and find an Epistle which is indited by the Hol...
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....