It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
Textus Receptus (TR) - 2 Peter 2:21 >Κρεῖττον γὰρ ἦν αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπεγνωκέναι τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, ἢ ἐπιγνοῦσιν ἐπιστρέψαι ἐκ τῆς παραδοθείσης αὐτοῖς ἁγίας ἐντολῆς.