¹⁹ promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for ^(A)by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved. ²⁰ For if they are overcome, having both ^(B)escaped the defilements of the world by ^(C)the knowledge of the ^(D)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and having again been ^(E)entangled in them, then ^(F)the last state has become worse for them than the first. ^21 (G)For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from ^(H)the holy commandment ^(I)handed on to them.