2 Peter 1:12 (KJV)

Passage

Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.

2 Peter 1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;

2 Peter 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wherefore", "negligent", "always", "remembrance", "things", "though", "established", and "present". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wherefore" and "negligent", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For so an entrance shall be ministered..." into verse 13's "Yea I think it meet as long...", so "wherefore" and "negligent" belong inside that flow. In 2 Peter context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wherefore" and "negligent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.