2 Peter 1:14
Good News Translation
I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me.

New Revised Standard Version
since I know that my death will come soon, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

Contemporary English Version
And our Lord Jesus Christ has already told me that I will soon leave it behind.

New American Bible
since I know that I will soon have to put it aside, as indeed our Lord Jesus Christ has shown me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me.

shortly.

Deuteronomy 4:21,22 And the Lord was angry with me for your words, and he swore that I should not pass over the Jordan, nor enter into the excellent land, which he will give you. . . .

Deuteronomy 31:14 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold the days of thy death are nigh: call Josue, and stand ye in the tabernacle of the testimony, that I may give him a charge. So Moses and Josue went and stood in the tabernacle of the testimony:

Joshua 23:14 Behold this day I am going into the way of all the earth, and you shall know with all your mind that of all the words which the Lord promised to perform for you, not one hath failed,

1 Kings 2:2,3 I am going the way of all flesh: take thou courage and shew thyself a man. . . .

Acts 20:25 And now behold, I know that all you, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

2 Timothy 4:6 For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.

even.

John 21:18,19 Amen, amen, I say to thee, When thou wast younger, thou didst gird thyself and didst walk where thou wouldst. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee and lead thee whither thou wouldst not. . . .

Context
Partakers of the Divine Nature
13But I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance. 14Being assured that the laying away of this my tabernacle is at hand, according as our Lord Jesus Christ also hath signified to me. 15And I will endeavour that you frequently have after my decease whereby you may keep a memory of these things.…
Cross References
Isaiah 38:12
My generation is at an end, and it is rolled away from me, as a shepherd's tent. My life is cut off, as by a weaver: whilst I was yet but beginning, he cut me off: from morning even to night thou wilt make an end of me.

John 13:36
Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now: but thou shalt follow hereafter.

John 21:19
And this he said, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had said this, he saith to him: Follow me.

2 Corinthians 5:1
For we know, if our earthly house of this habitation be dissolved, that we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in heaven.

2 Timothy 4:6
For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand.

2 Peter 1:13
But I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.

2 Peter 1:13
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