2 Peter Chapter 2, Verse 21
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21: κρειττον γαρ ην αυτοις μη επεγνωκεναι την οδον της δικαιοσυνης η επιγνουσιν επιστρεψαι εκ της παραδοθεισης αυτοις αγιας εντολης
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.
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.
For it had been better for them, etc. Compare see "Mt 26:24".
It would have been better for them, for
(1.) then they would not have dishonoured the cause of: religion as they have now done;
(2.) they would not have sunk so deep in profligacy as they now have; and
(3.) they would not have incurred so aggravated a condemnation in the world of woe. If men are resolved on being wicked, they had better never pretend to be good. If they are to be cast off at last, it had better not be as apostates from the cause of virtue and religion.
