2 Peter 2:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²¹ For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness  than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command  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 Cross References

Proverbs 12:28

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

Proverbs 16:31

Grey hair is a glorious crown; it is found in the ways of righteousness.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness  and acts unjustly, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered.  He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she had defiled herself; both of them had taken the same path.

Ezekiel 3:20

Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly,  and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die.  If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 33:13

When I tell the righteous person that he will surely live, but he trusts in his righteousness and acts unjustly, then none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the injustice he has committed.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn back from following the  Lord, who do not seek the  Lord or enquire of him.

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness,   and you didn’t believe him. Tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; but you, when you saw it, didn’t even change your minds then and believe him.

Luke 12:47

And that servant who knew his master’s will and didn’t prepare himself or do it   will be severely beaten.

John 15:22

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

John 9:41

‘If you were blind,’ Jesus told them, ‘you wouldn’t have sin.   But now that you say, “We see,” your sin remains.

Romans 7:12

So then, the law is holy,  and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Galatians 6:2

Carry one another’s burdens; in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

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

1 Timothy 6:14

to keep this command without fault or failure until the appearing  of our Lord  Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:26

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

James 4:17

So it is sin to know the good and yet not do it.

2 Peter 3:2

so that you recall the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Saviour given through your apostles.

Jude 1:3

Dear friends, although I was eager to write to you about the salvation we share,  I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith  that was delivered  to the saints once for all.