2 Peter 1:14

James Moffatt - New Testament

since I know my tent must be folded up very soon — as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

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The last drops of my own sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come.

I know to-day that not one of you will ever see my face again — not one of you among whom I moved as I preached the Reign.

"Lord," said Simon Peter, "where are you going?" Jesus replied, "I am going where you cannot follow me at present; later on you will follow me."

I know that if this earthly tent of mine is taken down, I get a home from God, made by no human hands, eternal in the heavens.

so long as I am in this tent, I deem it proper to stir you up by way of reminder,