2 Peter 2:21

Translations

Modern

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Traditional

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.

Literal

For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to have turned from the holy commandment having been delivered to them.

Latin

Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ, quam post agnitionem, retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.

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English

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.

Notes

2 Peter 2:17–22

Peter continues to describe the false teachers by showing how they harm other people.

Theme notes and profiles

Simon Peter Apostasy Early Christian Heresies Holiness and Sexual Purity

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