Study it in the app“For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment handed down to them.”
Forγὰρit would have beenἦνbetterκρεῖττονfor themαὐτοῖςnotμὴto have knownἐπεγνωκέναιthe wayτὴν ὁδὸνof righteousnessτῆς δικαιοσύνηςthan,ἢhaving known it,ἐπιγνοῦσινto turn backὑποστρέψαιfromἐκthe holyτῆς ἁγίαςcommandmentἐντολῆςhanded downπαραδοθείσηςto them.αὐτοῖς
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēn” appearsbetter
Better; more useful or more excellent.
Where else “kreitton” appearsunderstand
To come to have something clear and sure in the mind, understand it fully.
Where else “epegnōkenai” appearsroad
The route by which one goes from one place to another, or the trip itself.
Where else “hodon” appearsrighteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēs” appearsreturn, turn back
Return, turn back, go back to where one came from.
Where else “hypostrepsai” appearsholy place
Places and things set apart for God.
Where else “hagias” appearscommandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēs” appearshand down
To pass a teaching on to others.
Where else “paradotheisēs” appears20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.
21 · This verse (above)
22The saying of the true proverb has happened to them: A dog returns to its own vomit, and a sow, after washing, to wallowing in the mire.
