2 Peter 1:12 (WEB)

Passage

Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.

2 Peter 1:11 For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:12 Therefore I will not be negligent to remind you of these things, though you know them, and are established in the present truth.

2 Peter 1:13 I think it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you;

2 Peter 1:14 knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "For thus you will be richly supplied..." into verse 13's "I think it right as long as...", so "therefore" 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 "therefore" and "negligent" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.