2 Peter 1:13

13 But I consider [it] right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,

2 Peter 1:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Peter 1:13

Yea, I think it meet
Or "just". This is the apostle's other reason for his conduct, taken from the duty of his place and office; judging it to be what became him as an apostle and elder, and the minister of the circumcision, and was what was due to God and Christ, whom he served, and the souls of men under his care:

as long as I am in this tabernacle:
or "body", as the Syriac and Ethiopic versions render it, and so some copies; for the body is as a tabernacle for the soul to dwell in, pitched for a time, and, ere long, to be taken down; (See Gill on 2 Corinthians 5:1),

to stir you up;
to the lively exercise of grace, and constant performance of duty: by putting you in remembrance: of the said things; for saints are apt to be forgetful of their duty, and backward to it, and sluggish and slothful in it.

2 Peter 1:13 In-Context

11 For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you.
12 Therefore I intend to remind you continually concerning these [things], although [you] know [them] and are established in the truth that you have.
13 But I consider [it] right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder,
14 [because I] know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
15 And I will also make every effort [that] you are able at any time, after my departure, {to recall these things to mind}.
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