12. So I intend always to remind you about these things, although indeed you know them and are firm in the truth that [you] now [hold].
13. I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle (tent, body), to stir you up by way of remembrance,
14. Since I know that the laying aside of this body of mine will come speedily, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
15. Moreover, I will diligently endeavor [to see to it] that [even] after my departure (decease) you may be able at all times to call these things to mind.
16. For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty (grandeur, authority of sovereign power).