2 Peter 1:14 (GNV)

Passage

Seeing I knowe that the time is at hand that I must lay downe this my tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed me.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:12 Wherefore, I will not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though that ye haue knowledge, and be stablished in the present trueth.

2 Peter 1:13 For I thinke it meete as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp by putting you in remembrance,

2 Peter 1:14 Seeing I knowe that the time is at hand that I must lay downe this my tabernacle, euen as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed me.

2 Peter 1:15 I will endeuour therefore alwayes, that ye also may be able to haue remembrance of these things after my departing.

2 Peter 1:16 For we followed not deceiuable fables when we opened vnto you the power, and comming of our Lord Iesus Christ, but with our eyes we saw his maiestie:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "seeing", "knowe", "time", "hand", "must", "downe", "tabernacle", and "euen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "seeing" and "knowe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For I thinke it meete as long..." into verse 15's "I will endeuour therefore alwayes that ye...", so "seeing" and "knowe" 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 "seeing" and "knowe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.