2 PETER 1:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 3
“Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.”
Since I know that the putting off of my body will come soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me — the allusion to Christ's prophecy of Peter's death (John 21:18-19) personalizes eschatological expectation. The body as a tent (skēnōma) evokes both tabernacle imagery and the temporary nature of physical existence. Peter's acceptance of martyrdom frames his entire epistle within the acceptance of Christ's call to sacrificial witness.
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