Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Peter 1:13 - 1:13

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Peter 1:13 - 1:13


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I think it right (dikaion hēgoumai). Peter considers this to be his solemn duty, “right” (dikaion). Cf. Phi 3:1; Eph 6:1.

So long as (eph' hoson). For this phrase see Mat 9:15; Rom 11:13.

Tabernacle (skēnōmati). Old word, in literal sense in Deu 33:18 for the usual skēnē (Peter’s word at the Transfiguration, Mar 9:5), earliest use (in N.T. only here, 2Pe 1:14; Act 7:46 of the tabernacle of the covenant) in this metaphorical sense of life as a pilgrimage (1Pe 1:1; 1Pe 2:11), though Paul has skēnos, so in 2Co 5:1, 2Co 5:4. Peter feels the nearness of death and the urgency upon him.

To stir you up (diegeirein humas). Present active infinitive of diegeirō, late (Arist., Hippocr., Herodian, papyri), perfective (dia = thoroughly) compound, to wake out of sleep (Mar 4:39), “to keep on rousing you up.”

By putting you in remembrance (en hupomnēsei). Old word, from hupomimnēskō (2Pe 1:12), in N.T. only here, 2Pe 3:1; 2Ti 1:5. “By way of reminding you.”