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2 Peter 1:13 and Wisdom of Solomon 9:15 both 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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Wisdom of Solomon 9:15
Deuterocanon
13 For who can learn the counsel of God? Or who can discern what the Lord wills? 14 For the reasoning of mortals is worthless, and our designs are likely to fail; 15 for a perishable body weighs down the soul, and this earthy tent burdens the thoughtful mind. 16 We can hardly guess at what is on earth, and what is at hand we find with labor; but who has traced out what is in the heavens? 17 Who has learned your counsel, unless you have given wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high?
Date: 100-50 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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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 C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... SkeĢnos ("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' ..."
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