Yes, we have courage and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
2 Peter 1:13 - The Text-Critical English New Testament I think it is right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to stir you up by way of reminder, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle (tent, body), to stir you up by way of remembrance, American Standard Version (1901) And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Common English Bible I think it’s right that I keep stirring up your memory, as long as I’m alive. Catholic Public Domain Version But I consider it just, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up with admonishments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance. |
Yes, we have courage and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
It is right for me to think this way about you all, since I have you in my heart. For you all share with me in God's grace, both in my imprisonment and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel.
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Therefore I remind yoʋ to rekindle the gift of God that is in yoʋ through the laying on of my hands.
Remember those in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Also remember those who are mistreated, as though you yourselves were suffering with them.
Therefore, I will not neglect to keep reminding you about these things, though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
Beloved, this is now the second letter that I am writing to you. In both of them I have tried to stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder,