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2 Peter 2:21
Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform · Berean Standard Bible
Κρεῖττον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς.
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.