2 Peter 2:21 meaning and explanation
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.
2 Peter 2:21, Berean Standard Bible
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Peter is writing to believers about the false teachers described throughout chapter 2, people who once seemed to know the way of righteousness but turned back. The verse is a comparison, not a statement about God's willingness to forgive.
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