2 Peter 2:21 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. English Standard Version 2016 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. |
There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.
But if the just man turn himself away from his justice and do iniquity according to all the abominations which the wicked man useth to work, shall he live? All his justices which he hath done shall not be remembered: in the prevarication by which he hath prevaricated and in his sin which he hath committed, in them he shall die.
Moreover, if the just man shall turn away from his justice and shall commit iniquity: I will lay a stumbling-block before him. He shall die, because thou hast not given him warning. He shall die in his sin and his justices which he hath done shall not be remembered. But I will require his blood at thy hand.
Yea, if I shall say to the just that he shall surely live, and he, trusting in his justice, commit iniquity: all his justices shall be forgotten, and in his iniquity, which he hath committed, in the same shall he die.
And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.
For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.
And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
If I had not come, and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.
That thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins,
That you may be mindful of those words which I told you before from the holy prophets, and of your apostles, of the precepts of the Lord and Saviour.
Dearly beloved, taking all care to write unto you concerning your common salvation, I was under a necessity to write unto you: to beseech you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.