2 Peter 1:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Tim 4:6 : 6 For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.
  • John 21:18-19 : 18 Truly I say to you, When you were young, you made yourself ready and went wherever you had a desire to go: but when you are old, you will put out your hands and another will make you ready, and you will be taken where you have no desire to go. 19 Now this he said, pointing out the sort of death by which he would give God glory. And after saying this, he said to him, Come after me.
  • Deut 4:21-22 : 21 And the Lord was angry with me because of you, and made an oath that I was not to go over Jordan into the good land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage: 22 But death is to come to me in this land, I may not go over Jordan: but you will go over and take that good land for your heritage.
  • Deut 31:14 : 14 At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.
  • Josh 23:14 : 14 Now I am about to go the way of all the earth: and you have seen and are certain, all of you, in your hearts and souls, that in all the good things which the Lord said about you, he has kept faith with you; everything has come true for you.
  • 1 Kgs 2:2-3 : 2 I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man; 3 And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,
  • Acts 20:25 : 25 And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

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    15And I will take every care so that you may have a clear memory of these things after my death.

    16For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

  • 2 Pet 1:11-13
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    11For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

    12For 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.

    13And 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;

  • 2 Tim 4:6-9
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    6For I am even now being offered, and my end is near.

    7I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:

    8From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.

    9Do your best to come to me before long:

  • 2 Cor 5:1-4
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    1For 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.

    2For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

    3So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

    4For 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.

  • 1 Tim 3:14
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    14I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

  • Acts 20:25
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    25And now I am conscious that you, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom, will not see my face again.

  • Phil 1:23-25
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    23I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

    24Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.

    25And being certain of this, I am conscious that I will go on, yes, and go on with you all, for your growth and joy in the faith;

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    14Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

  • 2 Pet 3:1-2
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    1My 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;

    2So that you may keep in mind the words of the holy prophets in the past, and the law of the Lord and Saviour which was given to you by his Apostles.

  • 2 Pet 3:11
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    11Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

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    53For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

  • 1 Pet 4:2
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    2So that you may give the rest of your lives in the flesh, not to the desires of men, but to the purpose of God.

  • Heb 13:19
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    19I make this request more strongly, in the hope of coming back to you more quickly.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-11
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    10In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

    11For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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    8And so, though I might, in the name of Christ, give you orders to do what is right,

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.

  • 2 Cor 5:6
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    6So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

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    14For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Phil 2:24
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    24But I have faith in the Lord that I myself will come before long.

  • 2 Tim 1:11-12
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    11Of which I was made a preacher and an Apostle and a teacher;

    12And for which I undergo these things: but I have no feeling of shame. For I have knowledge of him in whom I have faith, and I am certain that he is able to keep that which I have given into his care till that day.

  • 1 Cor 15:31
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    31Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

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    8We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

  • Phil 1:20
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    20In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

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    13So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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    10But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;

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    15But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

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    10For this cause I am writing these things while I am away, so that there may be need for me, when I am present, to make use of sharp measures, by the authority which the Lord has given me for building up and not for destruction.

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    23For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

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    7For it is not my desire to see you now, on my way; because it is my hope to be with you for some time, if that is the Lord's pleasure.

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    26And ... without my flesh I will see God;

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    22And make a room ready for me; for I am hoping that through your prayers I will be given to you.

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    16And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea.

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    11If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

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    11See then that the time has come for you to be awake from sleep: for now is your salvation nearer than when you first had faith.