It were better (κρειττον ην). Apodosis of a condition of second class without αν, as is usual with clauses of possibility, proprie…

For it had been better for them, etc. Compare to Matthew 26:24 (see Barnes).

It would have been better for them, for:

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It had been better for them not to have known.—There are many things regarding which the well-known lines—

“It is …

Peter now underlines the seriousness of apostasy. The “sacred commandment that was passed on to them” evidently refers to the authoritative, aposto…

By saying that having forsaken the commandment delivered unto them, they returned to their own pollutions, he indicates first, how inexcus…

For it had been better for them
Not that ignorance is good, or to be excused; but it would have been a le er evil, a…

The word of truth is the water of life, which refreshes the souls that receive it; but deceivers spread and promote error, and are shown to be empt…