Parallel
2 Peter 2:21
Clementine Vulgate · Berean Standard Bible
Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ, quam post agnitionem, retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.
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.