2 Peter 2:21 - English Standard Version 2016

²¹ For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ For never to have obtained a [full, personal] knowledge of the way of righteousness would have been better for them than, having obtained [such knowledge], to turn back from the holy commandment which was [verbally] delivered to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

Common English Bible

²¹ It would be better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having come to know it, to turn back from the holy commandment entrusted to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after acknowledging it, to turn away from that holy commandment which was handed on to them.

2 Peter 2:21 পৰস্পৰ সংযোগসমূহ

Ezekiel 18:24

But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

James 4:17

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.

Luke 12:47

And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.

John 15:22

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.

Proverbs 16:31

Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.

Romans 7:12

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.

Proverbs 12:28

In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!

Psalm 85:8

Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.

Ezekiel 33:13

Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.

Galatians 6:2

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

1 Timothy 6:14

to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 10:26

For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

2 Peter 3:2

that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,

Jude 1:3

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.