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13 I think it right, as long as I am in this “tent,”[a] to stir you up by a reminder, 14 since I know that I will soon have to put it aside, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.(A) 15 I shall also make every effort to enable you always to remember these things after my departure.

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  1. 1:13 Tent: a biblical image for transitory human life (Is 38:12), here combined with a verb that suggests not folding or packing up a tent but its being discarded in death (cf. 2 Cor 5:1–4).

13 I think it right, as long as I am in this (A)body,[a] (B)to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 (C)since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, (D)as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. 15 And I will make every effort so that after my departure you may be able at any time to recall these things.

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  1. 2 Peter 1:13 Greek tent; also verse 14