²¹ For ^(A)it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from ^(B)the holy commandment delivered to them.

^24 (A)But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? ^(B)None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for ^(C)the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

⁴ For it is impossible, in the case of those ^(A)who have once been enlightened, who have tasted ^(B)the heavenly gift, and ^(C)have shared in the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and ^(D)have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, ⁶ and ^(E)then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since ^(F)they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

^17 (A)So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

^20 (A)Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, ^(B)and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. ^(C)Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, ^(D)and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, ^(E)but his blood I will require at your hand.

^47 (A)And that servant who ^(B)knew his master's will but ^(C)did not get ready ^(D)or act according to his will, will receive a ^(E)severe beating.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(A)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[a] but now they have no excuse for their sin.

² For ^(A)you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

⁴¹ Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, ^(A)you would have no guilt;^[a] but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.