2 Peter 2:21

Good News Translation

It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them.

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

But when you punish the wicked, punish also those who abandon your ways. Peace be with Israel!

Psalm 85:8

I am listening to what the Lord God is saying; he promises peace to us, his own people, if we do not go back to our foolish ways.

Proverbs 12:28

Righteousness is the road to life; wickedness is the road to death.

Proverbs 16:31

Long life is the reward of the righteous; gray hair is a glorious crown.

Ezekiel 18:24

“But if a righteous person stops doing good and starts doing all the evil, disgusting things that evil people do, will he go on living? No! None of the good he did will be remembered. He will die because of his unfaithfulness and his sins.

Ezekiel 23:13

I saw that she was completely immoral, that the second sister was as bad as the first.

Ezekiel 3:20

“If someone truly good starts doing evil and I put him in a dangerous situation, he will die if you do not warn him. He will die because of his sins—I will not remember the good he did—and I will hold you responsible for his death.

Ezekiel 33:13

I may promise life to someone good, but if he starts thinking that his past goodness is enough and begins to sin, I will not remember any of the good he did. He will die because of his sins.

Zephaniah 1:6

I will destroy those who have turned back and no longer follow me, those who do not come to me or ask me to guide them.”

Matthew 21:32

For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

Luke 12:47

“The servant who knows what his master wants him to do, but does not get himself ready and do it, will be punished with a heavy whipping.

John 15:22

They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

John 9:41

Jesus answered, “If you were blind, then you would not be guilty; but since you claim that you can see, this means that you are still guilty.”

Romans 7:12

So then, the Law itself is holy, and the commandment is holy, right, and good.

Galatians 6:2

Help carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will obey the law of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:14

to obey your orders and keep them faithfully until the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear.

Hebrews 10:26

For there is no longer any sacrifice that will take away sins if we purposely go on sinning after the truth has been made known to us.

James 4:17

So then, if we do not do the good we know we should do, we are guilty of sin.

2 Peter 3:2

I want you to remember the words that were spoken long ago by the holy prophets, and the command from the Lord and Savior which was given you by your apostles.

Jude 1:3

My dear friends, I was doing my best to write to you about the salvation we share in common, when I felt the need of writing at once to encourage you to fight on for the faith which once and for all God has given to his people.