2 Peter 1:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And it seems right to me, as long as I am in this tent of flesh, to keep your minds awake by working on your memory;

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  • 2 Pet 3:1 : 1 My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;
  • 2 Pet 1:14 : 14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
  • Hag 1:14 : 14 And the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, was moved by the Lord, as was the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of armies, their God.
  • 2 Cor 5:1-4 : 1 For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven. 2 For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven: 3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed. 4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
  • 2 Tim 1:6 : 6 For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.
  • Heb 13:3 : 3 Keep in mind those who are in chains, as if you were chained with them, and those who are in trouble, as being yourselves in the body.
  • 2 Pet 1:12 : 12 For this reason I will be ready at all times to keep your memory of these things awake, though you have the knowledge of them now and are well based in your present faith.

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    14 For I am conscious that in a short time I will have to put off this tent of flesh, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

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    1 My loved ones, this is now my second letter to you, and in this as in the first, I am attempting to keep your true minds awake;

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    4 Desiring to see you, keeping in my memory your weeping, so that I may be full of joy;

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    17 But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    31 So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.

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