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2 Peter 2:21 KJV
2 Peter · chapter 2 · verse 21 · King James Version
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
2 Peter 2:21 in context
19While 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.
20For 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.
21For 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.
22But 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.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- commandmententolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- deliveredparadidōmito give into the hands , to give over into power or use, to deliver to one something to…G3860 →
- betterkreittōnmore useful, more serviceable, more advantageous, more excellentG2909 →
- knownepiginōskōto become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly, to know accurately, know well…G1921 →
- turnepistrephōtransitively, to turn to, to the worship of the true God, to cause to return, to bring…G1994 →
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