2 Peter 1:14 (ASV)

Passage

knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:12 Wherefore I shall be ready always to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and are established in the truth which is with [you].

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

2 Peter 1:14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.

2 Peter 1:15 Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.

2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "knowing", "putting", "tabernacle", "cometh", "swiftly", "even", "lord", and "jesus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "knowing" and "putting", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "And I think it right as long..." into verse 15's "Yea I will give diligence that at...", so "knowing" and "putting" 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 "knowing" and "putting" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.