2 Petrus 2:20
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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Study Note
The warning about those who, having 'escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord,' become again entangled and overcome, draws on the Jewish concept of apostasy after genuine covenant relationship. The comparison — 'the latter end is worse for them than the beginning' — echoes Jesus's parable of the unclean spirit returning with seven others (Matthew 12:43–45), intensifying the danger of relapse. The phrase 'knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ' (epignōsis) points to a deep and experiential knowing that makes subsequent departure more culpable, not less. The verse raises perennial questions in Christian theology about apostasy, perseverance, and whether genuine conversion can be followed by irreversible rejection.
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For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.
for, if having escaped from the pollutions of the world, in the acknowledging of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and by these again being entangled, they have been overcome, become to them hath the last things worse than the first,
For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.
Referensi Silang
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; …
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell …
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, …
Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell …
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made …
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice …