For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.
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? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die. Because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds that he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood I will require at your hand.
And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
those who have turned back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or inquire of him.”
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.
So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.
The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good. He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.
And I saw that she was defiled; they both took the same way.
In the path of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”
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