2 Peter 2:21
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
ὁδός
Not a way among many ways. The way. In the ancient world, hodos meant a road that had been walked and proven. Jesus is not giving directions — He is saying: I am the road itself. Walk in Me and you will arrive.
παραδίδωμι
having been delivered
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παραδίδωμι
To hand over, to betray, to deliver up. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. The delivering of Jesus was the saving of the world.
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ἐντολή
commandment.
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ἐντολή
Commandment, order, directive. Entole. A new commandment I give you that you love one another. The commandment to love is not optional. It is the defining mark of discipleship.
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δικαιοσύνη
of righteousness
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δικαιοσύνη
Righteousness, justice, rightness. Dikaiosune. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. Righteousness is not earned. It is received as a gift through faith.
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ἐπιγινώσκω
having known it
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ἐπιγινώσκω
to know upon some mark, i.e. recognize; by implication, to become fully acquainted with, to acknowledge
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ὑποστρέφω
to have turned
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ὑποστρέφω
to turn under (behind), i.e. to return (literally or figuratively)
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κρεῖσσον
Better
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κρεῖσσον
(as noun) better, i.e. greater advantage
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ἤ
than
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ἤ
disjunctive, or; comparative, than
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εἰμί
it was being
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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