21 for it were better to them not to have acknowledged the way of the righteousness, than having acknowledged [it], to turn back from the holy command delivered to them,
Source Text Study
Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 2 Peter 2:21. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Coverage: New Testament
Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.
Κρεῖττον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς.
Κρεῖττον
γὰρ
ἦν
αὐτοῖς
μὴ
ἐπεγνωκέναι
- Lemma
- epegnwkenai
- Transliteration
- epegnwkenai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb perfect active infinitive
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1921
- Occurrences
- 1
τὴν
ὁδὸν
τῆς
δικαιοσύνης
- Lemma
- dikaiosunhv
- Transliteration
- dikaiosunhv
- Morphology
- Greek: noun genitive singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- noun
- Strong's
- G1343
- Occurrences
- 30
ἢ
ἐπιγνοῦσιν
- Lemma
- epignousin
- Transliteration
- epignousin
- Morphology
- Greek: verb second aorist active participle dative plural masculine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1921
- Occurrences
- 1
ἐπιστρέψαι
- Lemma
- epistreyai
- Transliteration
- epistreyai
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist active infinitive
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G1994
- Occurrences
- 3
ἐκ
τῆς
παραδοθείσης
- Lemma
- paradoqeishv
- Transliteration
- paradoqeishv
- Morphology
- Greek: verb aorist passive participle genitive singular feminine
- Part of Speech
- verb
- Strong's
- G3860
- Occurrences
- 1
αὐτοῖς
ἁγίας
Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel
Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.
κρεῖσσον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ὑποστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς.
ἦν
ἐπεγνωκέναι
- Lemma
- ἐπιγινώσκω
- Morphology
- V-RAN
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1921
- Occurrences
- 44
τὴν
τῆς
δικαιοσύνης
- Lemma
- δικαιοσύνη
- Morphology
- N-GSF
- Part of Speech
- N
- Strong's
- G1343
- Occurrences
- 92
ἐπιγνοῦσιν
- Lemma
- ἐπιγινώσκω
- Morphology
- V-2AAP-DPM
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G1921
- Occurrences
- 44
τῆς
παραδοθείσης
- Lemma
- παραδίδωμι
- Morphology
- V-APP-GSF
- Part of Speech
- V
- Strong's
- G3860
- Occurrences
- 119
Coverage: New Testament
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܦܩܚ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܕܠܐ ܢܫܬܘܕܥܘܢ ܠܐܘܪܚܐ ܕܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ ܐܘ ܕܟܕ ܐܫܬܘܕܥܘ ܠܒܬܪܐ ܢܗܦܟܘܢ ܡܢ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܐܫܬܠܡ ܠܗܘܢ
ܦܩܚ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܦܩܚ
- Transliteration
- pqh
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 19
ܗܘܐ
- Confidence
- medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
- Lemma
- ܗܘܐ
- Transliteration
- hwa
- Morphology
- verb, being/becoming root form
- Gloss
- was, became
- Occurrences
- 1535
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
ܓܝܪ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܓܝܪ
- Transliteration
- gyr
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 1085
ܕܠܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܠܐ
- Transliteration
- dl'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 720
ܢܫܬܘܕܥܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܫܬܘܕܥܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nshtwd'wn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 1
ܠܐܘܪܚܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܐܘܪܚܐ
- Transliteration
- l'wrh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 6
ܕܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ
- Transliteration
- dzdyqwt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 9
ܐܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܘ
- Transliteration
- 'w
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 312
ܕܟܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܟܕ
- Transliteration
- dkd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 54
ܐܫܬܘܕܥܘ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܐܫܬܘܕܥܘ
- Transliteration
- 'shtwd'w
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 4
ܠܒܬܪܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܒܬܪܐ
- Transliteration
- lbtr'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 1
ܢܗܦܟܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܢܗܦܟܘܢ
- Transliteration
- nhpkwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
- Occurrences
- 4
ܡܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܢ
- Transliteration
- mn
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 2166
ܦܘܩܕܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܦܘܩܕܢܐ
- Transliteration
- pwqdn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 49
ܩܕܝܫܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܕܝܫܐ
- Transliteration
- qdysh'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 66
ܕܐܫܬܠܡ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܕܐܫܬܠܡ
- Transliteration
- d'shtlm
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
- Occurrences
- 3
ܠܗܘܢ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܠܗܘܢ
- Transliteration
- lhwn
- Morphology
- possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending; possible prefixed preposition l-
- Occurrences
- 830
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Melius enim erat illis non cognoscere viam justitiæ, quam post agnitionem, retrorsum converti ab eo, quod illis traditum est, sancto mandato.
melius
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bonus
- Transliteration
- melius
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 847
enim
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- enim
- Transliteration
- enim
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Occurrences
- 2392
erat
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- erat
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
illis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ille
- Transliteration
- illis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4947
non
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- non
- Transliteration
- non
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 7320
cognoscere
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cognosco
- Transliteration
- cognoscere
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 369
viam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- uia
- Transliteration
- viam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 853
iustitiae
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- iustitia
- Transliteration
- iustitiae
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 380
quam
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- quam
- Transliteration
- quam
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 426
post
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- post
- Transliteration
- post
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 621
agnitionem
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- agnitio
- Transliteration
- agnitionem
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 19
retrorsum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- retrorsum
- Transliteration
- retrorsum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adverb
- Occurrences
- 32
converti
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- conuerto
- Transliteration
- converti
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 343
ab
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ab
- Transliteration
- ab
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
- Occurrences
- 3693
eo
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- is
- Transliteration
- eo
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 17810
quod
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- qui
- Transliteration
- quod
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 15011
illis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- ille
- Transliteration
- illis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: pronoun
- Occurrences
- 4947
traditum
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- trado
- Transliteration
- traditum
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 513
est
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- est
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
sancto
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sanctus
- Transliteration
- sancto
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: adjective
- Occurrences
- 797
mandato
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- mandatum
- Transliteration
- mandato
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 242
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Ezekiel 18:24
And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth — thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.
27 relevance votesJames 4:17
to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
20 relevance votesEzekiel 3:20
'And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.
18 relevance votesLuke 12:47
'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,
14 relevance votesJohn 15:22
if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin.
11 relevance votes1 Thessalonians 4:2
for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,
9 relevance votesJohn 9:41
Jesus said to them, 'If ye were blind, ye were not having had sin, but now ye say — We see, therefore doth your sin remain.
9 relevance votesZephaniah 1:6
And those removing from after Jehovah, And who have not sought Jehovah, nor besought Him.
7 relevance votesProverbs 16:31
A crown of beauty [are] grey hairs, In the way of righteousness it is found.
5 relevance votesMatthew 21:32
for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last — to believe him.
5 relevance votesRomans 7:12
so that the law, indeed, [is] holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good.
4 relevance votesPsalms 125:5
As to those turning [to] their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!
3 relevance votes