2 Peter 2:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Peter 2:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Peter 2:21 is a verse from the book of 2 Peter in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Peter 2:21 — 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.”
— 2 Peter 2:21 (KJV)
2 Peter 2:21 in Context — About the Book of 2 Peter
2 Peter is a dying apostle's reminder service: God's divine power has already given us everything needed for life and godliness through precious promises. It warns against scoffers and false teachers, explains the Lord's patience — not slow but not willing that any perish — and calls us to grow in grace.
Cross-References for 2 Peter 2:21
“And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:21: known, way, after
“And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:21: way, after, turn
“Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. Abana: or, Amana”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:21: better, way, than
“If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king unto...: Heb. unto her companion from him: Heb. from before him be not...: Heb. pass not away”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:21: better, way, than
“O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.”
Shares key themes with 2 Peter 2:21: way, righteousness, turn
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