2 Peter 2:21 - 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.

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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.

English Standard Version 2016

²¹ 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.

2 Peter 2:21 交叉引用

Psalm 125:5

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

Psalm 85:8

There is none among the gods like unto thee, O Lord: and there is none according to thy works.

Proverbs 12:28

In the path of justice is life: but the by-way leadeth to death.

Proverbs 16:31

Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

Ezekiel 18:24

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.

Ezekiel 23:13

And I saw that she was defiled and that they both took one way.

Ezekiel 3:20

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.

Ezekiel 33:13

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.

Zephaniah 1:6

And them that turn away from following after the Lord, and that have not sought the Lord, nor searched after him.

Matthew 21:32

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.

Luke 12:47

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.

John 15:22

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

John 9:41

Jesus said to them: If you were blind, you should not have sin: but now you say: We see. Your sin remaineth.

Romans 7:12

Wherefore the law indeed is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Galatians 6:2

Bear ye one another's burdens; and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

For you know what precepts I have given to you by the Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 6:14

That thou keep the commandment without spot, blameless, unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin wilfully after having the knowledge of the truth, there is now left no sacrifice for sins,

James 4:17

To him therefore who knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is sin.

2 Peter 3:2

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.

Jude 1:3

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.