2 Peter 2:21 - The Scriptures 2009

²¹ For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the set-apart command delivered unto 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

Ezekiel 18:24

“But when a righteous one turns away from his righteousness and does unrighteousness, according to all the abominations that the wrong one has done, shall he live? All his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered. For his trespass which he has committed, and for his sin which he has committed, for them he shall die.

James 4:17

To him, then, who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Ezekiel 3:20

“And when a righteous one turns from his righteousness and shall do unrighteousness, when I have put a stumbling-block before him, he shall die. Because you did not warn him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done is not remembered, and his blood I require at your hand.

Luke 12:47

“And that servant who knew his master’s desire, and did not prepare, nor did according to his desire, shall be beaten with many stripes.

John 15:22

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

1 Thessalonians 4:2

for you know what commands we gave you through the Master יהושע.

John 9:41

יהושע said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see,’ therefore your sin remains.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those who turn away from following יהוה, and who have not sought יהוה or inquired of Him.”

Matthew 21:32

for Yoḥanan came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but tax collectors and whores believed him. And when you saw it, you did not repent afterwards, to believe him.

Proverbs 16:31

Grey hair is a crown of adorning, It is found in the way of righteousness.

Romans 7:12

So that the Torah truly is set-apart, and the command set-apart, 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 way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death.

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn aside to their crooked ways, יהוה shall lead them away With the workers of wickedness. Peace be upon Yisra’ĕl!

Psalm 85:8

Let me hear what Ěl יהוה speaks, For He speaks peace to His people And to His lovingly-committed ones; And let them not turn again to folly.

Ezekiel 33:13

“When I say to the righteous that he shall live, and he has trusted in his righteousness, and shall do unrighteousness, none of his righteousness shall be remembered, but because of his unrighteousness that he has done, he shall die.

Galatians 6:2

Bear one another’s burdens, and so complete the Torah of Messiah.

1 Timothy 6:14

that you guard the command spotlessly, blamelessly, until the appearing of our Master יהושע Messiah,

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin purposely after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a slaughter offering for sins,

2 Peter 3:2

the words previously spoken by the set-apart prophets, and of the command of the Master and Saviour, spoken by your emissaries,

Jude 1:3

Beloved ones, making all haste to write to you concerning our common deliverance, I felt the necessity to write to you urging you to earnestly contend for the belief which was once for all delivered to the set-apart ones.