2 Peter 2:21 - Modern King James Version

²¹ For it would have been better for them not to have fully known the way of righteousness, than fully knowing it, to turn from the holy commandment 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.

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.

2 Peter 2:21 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 125:5

And those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Jehovah shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity; peace shall be on Israel.

Psalm 85:8

I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; for He will speak peace to His people, and to His saints; but let them not turn again to folly.

Proverbs 12:28

In the way of righteousness is life, and in that pathway there is no death.

Proverbs 16:31

The gray head is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.

Ezekiel 18:24

But when the righteous turns from his righteousness and does injustice, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked do, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be remembered; in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them he shall die.

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she was defiled, one way was to both of them.

Ezekiel 3:20

And when the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and when I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

Ezekiel 33:13

When I shall say to the righteous that he shall surely live; if he trusts in his own righteousness and commits iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it.

Zephaniah 1:6

and those drawing back from Jehovah, and who have not sought Jehovah, nor asked for Him.

Matthew 21:32

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax-collectors and the harlots believed him. And when you had seen it, you did not repent afterwards so that you might believe him.

Luke 12:47

And that servant who knew his lord's will and did not prepare, nor did according to His will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

John 15:22

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

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin. But now you say, We see. Therefore your sin remains.

Romans 7:12

So indeed the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Galatians 6:2

Bear one another's burdens, and so you will fulfill the Law of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

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

1 Timothy 6:14

that you keep the commandment without spot and without blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,

James 4:17

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

2 Peter 3:2

to remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of the Lord and Savior by us, the apostles.

Jude 1:3

Having made all haste to write to you about the common salvation, beloved, I had need to write to you to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.