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2 Peter and Wisdom of Solomon 9 use the image of the body as a tabernacle to describe its perishable or temporary nature, with both texts then implying a contrast with a future, permanent state free from decay or temporality.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE
Wisdom of Solomon 9:15
Deuterocanon
13 For what man will know the counsel of God? Or who will conceive what the Lord wills? 14 For the thoughts of mortals are unstable, and our plans are prone to fail. 15 For a corruptible body weighs down the soul. The earthy tent burdens a mind that is full of cares. 16 We can hardly guess the things that are on earth, and we find the things that are close at hand with labor; but who has traced out the things that are in the heavens? 17 Who gained knowledge of your counsel, unless you gave wisdom, and sent your holy spirit from on high?
Date: 50 BCE – 50 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
2 Peter 1:13
New Testament
11 For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you. 12 Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have. 13 Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder, 14 since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. 15 Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things.
Date: 120–130 CE (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... Skēnos ("tent") was often used metaphorically of the physical body. See, for example, Wisdom of Solomon 9:15, 'this earthy tent burdens the thoughtful mind' and 2 Peter 1:13-14, 'as long as I live in the tent of this body' ..."
Linda L. Belleville, 2 Corinthians, IVPNTC (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011), 88.
* The use of references are not endorsements of their contents. Please read the entirety of the provided reference(s) to understand the author's full intentions regarding the use of these texts.
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