2 Peter 2:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord  and Saviour Jesus Christ,  they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through [the full, personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition is worse [for them] than the first.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

²⁰ If people escape the moral filth of this world through the knowledge of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, then get tangled up in it again and are overcome by it, they are worse off than they were before.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ For if, after taking refuge from the defilements of the world in the understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled and overcome by these things, then the latter state becomes worse than the former.

2 Peter 2:20 Cross References

Ezekiel 33:13

When I tell the righteous person that he will surely live, but he trusts in his righteousness and acts unjustly, then none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the injustice he has committed.

Leviticus 13:20

The priest will make an examination, and if the spot seems to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a case of serious skin disease that has broken out in the boil.

Leviticus 13:55

After it has been washed, the priest is to re-examine the contamination. If the appearance of the contaminated article has not changed, it is unclean. Even though the contamination has not spread, you must burn the fabric. It is a fungus  on the front or back of the fabric.

Leviticus 14:43

‘If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered,

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam saw Amalek and proclaimed his poem: Amalek was first among the nations, but his future is destruction.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If only they were wise, they would comprehend this; they would understand their fate.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory  is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.

2 Timothy 2:4

No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to look after orphans and widows  in their distress and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

2 Peter 1:11

For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom  of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God  and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

His  divine power  has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge  of him who called  us by  his own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:4

By these he has given us very great and precious promises,  so that through them you may share in the divine nature,  escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire.

2 Peter 1:8

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless  or unfruitful  in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:18

For by uttering boastful, empty words,  they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped  from those who live in error.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace and knowledge  of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity.  ,