knowing that the putting off of my tent is soon, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
Simon Peter said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow Me now, but later you will follow Me."
And now behold, now I know that you all, among whom I have passed through preaching the kingdom of God, will no longer see my face.
For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hand, eternal in the heavens.
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has arrived.
But I consider it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by a reminder,