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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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# to remind you of 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 with a reminder about these things
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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 cause you to think about these things with a reminder" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# as long as I am in this tent ... I will remove my tent
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Peter speaks of his body as if it were a tent that he will put away. These phrases refer to his death. AT: "as long as I am alive ... I will die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# for you to always remember
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"to enable you to always remember"
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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" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]]) |