²¹ For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it.

²⁴ But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

⁴ As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

⁵ With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,

⁶ And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.

⁴⁷ And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

¹⁷ The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

²² If I had not come and been their teacher they would have had no sin: but now they have no reason to give for their sin.

⁴¹ Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

⁶ And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.

²⁰ Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

¹² But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good.

² Because you have in mind the orders we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

²³ And you, Capernaum, were you not to be lifted up to heaven? you will go down into hell: for if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been here to this day.

²⁴ But I say to you that it will be better for the land of Sodom in the day of judging, than for you.

¹³ And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.

³¹ The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.

²⁸ In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

⁵ But as for such as are turned out of the straight way, the Lord will take them away with the workers of evil. Let peace be on Israel.

³ In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

⁴ He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.