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What the Fathers say

2 Peter 1:13

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

So that with the constant reminder of the same things they would not think they were being condemned for idleness, and not be grieved, the apostle added: "though you know and are established in the present truth." And in explanation of the reason for the constant reminder, he added that he knows that the dissolution of his body will soon follow.

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Western Saints

Bede

I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, etc. We usually make use of a tabernacle in journey or in war, and rightly therefore the faithful, as long as they are in the body and are away from the Lord, testify that they are in tabernacles, in which they may conduct the journey of this life and fight against the adversaries of the truth.

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