2 Peter 2:21

The Passion Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 125:5

But those who turn away from truth— them you will turn away from you, to follow their crooked ways. You will give them just what they deserve. May Israel experience peace and prosperity!

Psalm 85:8

Now I’ll listen carefully for your voice and wait to hear whatever you say. Let me hear your promise of peace— the message every one of your godly lovers longs to hear. Don’t let us in our ignorance turn back from following you.

Proverbs 12:28

Abundant life is discovered by walking in righteousness, but holding on to your anger leads to death.

Proverbs 16:31

Old age with wisdom will crown you with dignity and honor, for it takes a lifetime of righteousness to acquire it.

Ezekiel 18:24

“However, if the righteous man abandons his righteous ways and acts wickedly, and follows all the despicable practices of the wicked, should he be allowed to live? None of his righteous deeds will be remembered from then on, for he is guilty of being unfaithful to me, and he will most certainly die.

Ezekiel 23:13

Then I saw that she was completely immoral; both sisters were equally corrupt.

Ezekiel 3:20

And if righteous people turn away from righteous living and pursue a life of sin, I will set calamities before them, and they will die. Because you did not give them warning, they will die for their sinful deeds, and all the righteous deeds done earlier in life will not be remembered. But I will hold you responsible for their deaths.

Ezekiel 33:13

Suppose I say to a righteous person: ‘You will certainly live,’ but then he becomes confident in his righteousness and turns away and willfully sins; none of the good things he has done in the past will be remembered. He will die in his sins.

Matthew 21:32

John came to show you the path of righteousness, yet the despised and outcasts believed in him, but you did not. When you saw them turn, you neither repented of your ways nor believed his words.”

Luke 12:47

“Every servant who knows what pleases his master yet does not make himself ready and refuses to put his master’s will to action will receive many punishing blows.

John 15:22

“If I had not come and spoken these things to the unbelieving world, they would not feel the guilt of their sin, but now their sin is left uncovered.

John 9:41

Jesus told them, “If you would acknowledge your blindness, then your sin would be removed. But now that you claim to see, your sin remains with you!”

Romans 7:12

So then, we have to conclude that the problem is not with the law itself, for the law is holy and its commandments are correct and for our good.

Galatians 6:2

Love empowers us to fulfill the law of the Anointed One as we carry each other’s troubles.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you already know the instructions we’ve shared with you through the Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:14

that you follow this commission faithfully with a clear conscience and without blemish until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we continue to persist in deliberate sin after we have known and received the truth, there is not another sacrifice for sin to be made for us.

James 4:17

So if you know of an opportunity to do the right thing today, yet you refrain from doing it, you’re guilty of sin.

2 Peter 3:2

So never forget both the prophecies spoken by the holy prophets of old and the teaching of our Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

Jude 1:3

Dearly loved friend, I was fully intending to write to you about our amazing salvation we all participate in, but felt the need instead to challenge you to vigorously defend and contend for the beliefs that we cherish. For God, through the apostles, has once for all entrusted these truths to his holy believers.