“By writing to them often Peter hoped to leave something behind him after his death.”
Hilary of Arles, 5th c. — INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER
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15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
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13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
— 2 Peter 1:15 —
16For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.