ACC ~ 2 Peter 1 v13

CALLING GENTILES TO FAITH. HILARY OF ARLES: Peter thought that it was right to call Gentiles to faith, but the Jews did not. This is why he expresses himself like this here. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

THIS BODILY TENT. BEDE: Peter calls his body a tent because we normally use tents when we are on a journey or in combat. Those who believe are rightly said to be dwelling in tents as long as they are in the body and distant from the Lord, because it is in this bodily tent that they are journeying through life and fighting the enemies of the truth. ON 2 PETER.

IN THIS BODY. OECUMENIUS: Some think that Peter was saying this in order to ensure that even after his death his hearers would still remember what he was saying to them and go on practicing it. Others say that Peter’s intention was simply to leave a record behind him, so that it could be referred to after his death, for he was not condemning their inadequacy in matters of faith but merely confirming them in the way which they were already pursuing. COMMENTARY ON 2 PETER.

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