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# Connecting Statement:
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Peter tells the believers about his obligation to continue reminding them and teaching them.
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# you may be always able to remember these things
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Here the words "these things" refers to everything that Peter has said in the previous verses.
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# you are strong in the truth
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"you strongly believe the truth of these things"
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# to stir you up by way of reminder
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Here the word "stir" means to awaken someone from sleep. Peter speaks of causing his readers to think about these things as if he were waking them from sleep. AT: "to remind you of these things so that you will think about them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# as long as I am in this tent ... the putting off of my tent will be soon
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Peter speaks of his body as if it were a tent that he is wearing and will take off. Being in his body represents being alive, and taking it off represents dying. AT: "as long as I am in this body ... I will soon take off this body" or "as long as I am alive ... I will die soon" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# after my departure
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Peter speaks of his death as if he were leaving one place to go to another. AT: "after my death" or "after I die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tent]] |