2 Peter 2:20
New English Translation
20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things[a] of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,[b] they[c] again get entangled in them and succumb to them,[d] their last state has become worse for them than their first.
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- 2 Peter 2:20 tn Grk “defilements”; “contaminations”; “pollutions.”
- 2 Peter 2:20 sn Through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The implication is not that these people necessarily knew the Lord (in the sense of being saved), but that they were in the circle of those who had embraced Christ as Lord and Savior.
- 2 Peter 2:20 tn Grk “(and/but) they.”
- 2 Peter 2:20 tn Grk “they again, after becoming entangled in them, are overcome by them.”
2 Peter 2:20
New International Version
20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(A) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(B) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(C)
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