2 Peter 1:12 (YLT)

Passage

Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,

Nearby Context

2 Peter 1:10 wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

2 Peter 1:11 for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:12 Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,

2 Peter 1:13 and I think right, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up in reminding <FI>you<Fi> ,

2 Peter 1:14 having known that soon is the laying aside of my tabernacle, even as also our Lord Jesus Christ did shew to me,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "for so richly shall be superadded to..." into verse 13's "and I think right so long as...", so "wherefore" and "careless" 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 "careless" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.