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I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;
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Your Body, A Temporary Tent
Commentators universally highlight Peter's use of the word "tabernacle" to describe his body. This metaphor, like a temporary tent, emphasizes that our physical life is short and transient. It's a humble, movable dwelling for our eternal soul, reminding us to focus on what lasts forever.
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2 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yea, I think it meet. I think it is fitting for me as an apostle. It is my appropriate duty, a duty which is felt more strongly as the clo…
I think it right (δικαιον ηγουμα). Peter considers this to be his solemn duty, "right" (δικαιον). Cf. Php 3:1;[Reference Ephesians…
19th Century
Anglican
Yea, I think it meet.—Better, But I think it right. So the Rheims version; Tyndale and Cranmer have “notwithstanding.” Th…
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Baptist
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
When people are as they sho…
That Peter knows that he will not always live in “the tent of this body” underlines what he has been saying. The word “tent” (GK 5013; cf. 5008) wa…
16th Century
Protestant
Yes, I think it fitting, or right. He expresses more clearly how useful and necessary admonition is, because it is necessary to a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 offic…
We must be established in the belief of the truth, so that we are not shaken by every wind of doctrine; and especially in the truth necessary for u…
