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2 Peter 2:21

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial

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KJV ORIGINAL

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.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

Honestly, it would've been better for them to never know what was right in the first place than to learn God's way and then completely walk away from everything they were taught.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Knowing the right thing to do and then choosing the opposite hits different — and not in a good way.

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