“For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 2 Peter 2 contains 22 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.