²¹ For ^(A)it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

²⁴ “But ^(A)when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? ^(B)All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die.

⁴ For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted ^(A)the heavenly gift, and ^(B)have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, ^6 [a]if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, ^(C)since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

¹⁷ Therefore, ^(A)to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

²⁰ “Again, when a ^(A)righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

⁴⁷ And ^(A)that servant who ^(B)knew his master’s will, and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

^22 (A)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, ^(B)but now they have no excuse for their sin.

² for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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