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.
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Gill's Exposition
For it had been better for them,.... Not that ignorance is good, or to be excused; but it would have been a lesser evil, and not so much aggravated:
not to have known the way of righteousness; the…
Barnes' Notes
For it had been better for them ... - Compare the notes at Mat 26:24. It would have been better for them, for: (1)Then they would not have dishonored the cause of religion as they have now done;…
Adam Clarke
For it had been better for them not to have known - For the reasons assigned above; because they have sinned against more mercy, are capable of more sin, and are liable to greater punishment.
The holy…
The apostle's design being to warn us of, and arm us against, seducers, he now returns to discourse more particularly of them, and give us an account of their character and conduct, which abundantly…
Cambridge Bible
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness The verb for "known" is, like the noun in the preceding verse, that which implies the fullest form of knowledge, as in 1Co…
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