2 Peter 2:21 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

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 that was passed on 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 Referencias Cruzadas

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the righteous turn away from their righteousness and commit iniquity and do the same abominable things that the wicked do, shall they live? None of the righteous deeds that they have done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which they are guilty and the sin they have committed, they shall die.

James 4:17

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, commits sin.

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, if the righteous turn from their righteousness and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before them, they shall die; because you have not warned them, they shall die for their sin, and their righteous deeds that they have done shall not be remembered; but their blood I will require at your hand.

Luke 12:47

That slave who knew what his master wanted, but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted, will receive a severe beating.

John 15:22

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have 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 not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

Zephaniah 1:6

those who have turned back from following the Lord, who have not sought the Lord or inquired 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 after you saw it, you did not 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 just 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 there is life, in walking its path there is no death.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their own 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 faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.

Ezekiel 33:13

Though I say to the righteous that they shall surely live, yet if they trust in their righteousness and commit iniquity, none of their righteous deeds shall be remembered; but in the iniquity that they have committed they shall die.

Galatians 6:2

Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

1 Timothy 6:14

to keep the commandment without spot or blame until the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 10:26

For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

2 Peter 3:2

that you should remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles.

Jude 1:3

Beloved, while eagerly preparing to write to you about the salvation we share, I find it necessary to write and appeal to you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints.