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2 Peter 1:13–14

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13But I consider it right, for as long as I am in this habitation, to stir you up by a reminder, 14because I* know that the removal of my habitation is imminent, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

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Footnotes

  1. *Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“know”) which is understood as causal

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder, since I know that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord Jesus Christ has indeed made clear to me.

NLTNew Living Translation

And it is only right that I should keep on reminding you as long as I live. For our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me that I must soon leave this earthly life,

KJV 1900King James Version

Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.