2 Peter 2:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
2 Peter 2:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Peter 2:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Peter 2:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For it would be better for them not 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 — World English Bible
2 Peter 2:21 ASV — 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. ”
2 Peter 2:21 — American Standard Version
2 Peter 2:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged <FI>it<Fi> , to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,”
2 Peter 2:21 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Peter 2:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known [it] to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. ”
2 Peter 2:21 — Darby Translation
2 Peter 2:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For it had bene better for them, not to haue acknowledged the way of righteousnes, then after they haue acknowledged it, to turne from the holy commandement giuen vnto them.”
2 Peter 2:21 — Geneva Bible
2 Peter 2:21 in Context — 2 Peter 2
19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
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What Does 2 Peter 2:21 Mean?
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