베드로후서 2장 21절

그들이 의의 길을 알고서도 자기들이 받은 거룩한 계명을 저버린다면, 차라리 그 길을 알지 못했던 편이 더 좋았을 것입니다. _새번역성경 

義の 道を 知っていながら、自分たちに 伝えられた 聖なる 掟から 離れ 去るよりは、義の 道を 知らなかった 方が、彼らのためによかったであろうに。_口語訳 

 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. _NASB

Better not to have started out on the straight road to God than to start out and then turn back, repudiating the experience and the holy command._The Message