SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Peter 1:15

1:15

after my departure: Peter spoke of his death as a “departure.” It will be better to translate the meaning directly as “death,” because a literal translation may cause people who read it to think that Peter was physically leaving the place where he was.

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SIL Translator's Notes on 2 Peter 1:15

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