2 Peter 1:12 (DRB)

Passage

For which cause, I will begin to put you always in remembrance of these things: though indeed you know them and are confirmed in the present truth.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore, brethren, labour the more, that by good works you may make sure your calling and election. For doing these things, you shall not sin at any time.

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

2 Peter 1:12 For which cause, I will begin to put you always in remembrance of these things: though indeed you know them and are confirmed in the present truth.

2 Peter 1:13 But 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 Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "begin", "always", "remembrance", "things", "though", "indeed", and "confirmed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "begin", 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 "But I think it meet as long...", so "cause" and "begin" 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 "cause" and "begin" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.