2 Peter 2:21 Bible Handbook

◄ 2 Peter 2:21 ►

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

Chapter Outline

1. Peter warns of false teachers, showing the impiety and punishment both of them and their followers;
7. from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot was out of Sodom;
10. and more fully describes the manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers.

Timeline

67 AD

Peter Writes his Second Letter

2 Peter 1 - 3

People

Balaam, Beor, Bosor, Noah, Noe, Peter

Places

Asia, Bithynia, Cappadocia, Galatia, Gomorrah, Pontus, Sodom

Topics

Acknowledged, Backs, Better, Command, Commandment, Commandments, Delivered, Fully, Handed, Holy, Instructed, Law, Passed, Righteousness, Sacred, Turn

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Parallel Verses

NASB: For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them.

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.

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