2 Peter 2:21 - 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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ For it had been better for them not to have known the way of justice, than after they have known it, to turn back from that holy commandment which was delivered to them.

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.

2 Peter 2:21 Cross References

Psalm 125:5

Those who sow in tears shall reap in exultation.

Psalm 85:8

There is no one like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is no one like you in your works.

Proverbs 12:28

In the path of justice, there is life. But the devious way leads to death.

Proverbs 16:31

Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Ezekiel 18:24

But if a just man turns himself away from his justice, and does iniquity in accord with all the abominations that the impious man so often does, why should he live? All his justices, which he has accomplished, shall not be remembered. By the transgression, in which he has transgressed, and by his sin, in which he has sinned, by these he shall die.

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she had been defiled, and that they both took the same path.

Ezekiel 3:20

Moreover, if the just man turns aside from his justice and commits iniquity, I will place a stumbling block before him. He shall die, because you have not announced to him. He shall die in his sin, and his justices that he did shall not be remembered. Yet truly, I will attribute his blood to your hand.

Ezekiel 33:13

Even now, if I say to the just man that he shall certainly live, and so, with confidence in his justice, he commits iniquity, all his justices will be delivered into oblivion, and by his iniquity, which he has done, by this he shall die.

Zephaniah 1:6

both those who turn aside from following after the Lord, and those who have not sought the Lord, nor inquired about him.

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Yet even after seeing this, you did not repent, so as to believe him.

Luke 12:47

And that servant, who knew the will of his Lord, and who did not prepare and did not act according to his will, will be beaten many times over.

John 15:22

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

John 9:41

Jesus said to them: "If you were blind, you would not have sin. Yet now you say, 'We see.' So your sin persists."

Romans 7:12

And so, the law itself is indeed holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Galatians 6:2

Carry one another's burdens, and so shall you fulfill the law of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what precepts I have given to you through the Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:14

to observe the commandment, immaculately, irreproachably, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin willingly, after receiving knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice remaining for sins,

James 4:17

Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.

2 Peter 3:2

so that you may be mindful of those words that I preached to you from the holy prophets, and of the precepts of the Apostles of your Lord and Savior.

Jude 1:3

Most beloved, taking all care to write to you about your common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you in order to beg you to contend earnestly for the faith that was handed down once to the saints.