2 Peter 2:20 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁰ But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ For if, flying from the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they be again entangled in them and overcome: their latter state is become unto them worse than the former.

2 Peter 2:20 Cross References

Ezekiel 33:13

1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that there came to me one that was fled from Jerusalem, saying: The city is laid waste.

Leviticus 13:20

5 The priest shall view it, and if he see it turned white, and the place thereof is lower than the other skin: he shall declare him unclean, because the evil of leprosy is broken out in the scar.

Leviticus 13:55

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Leviticus 14:43

8 But if the priest going in perceive that the leprosy is not spread in the house, after it was plastered again, he shall purify it, it being cured,

Numbers 24:20

5 And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac also returned the way that he came.

Deuteronomy 32:29

4 Are not these things stored up with me, and sealed up in my treasures?

Philippians 3:19

And the peace of God, which surpasseth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:4

3 If we believe not, he continueth faithful, he can not deny himself.

James 1:27

But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, being reproved by the law as transgressors.

2 Peter 1:11

0 Understanding this first, that no prophecy of scripture is made by private interpretation.

2 Peter 1:2

1 For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:3

2 For which cause I will begin to put you always in remembrance of these things: though indeed you know them, and are confirmed in the present truth.

2 Peter 1:4

3 But I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance.

2 Peter 1:8

7 For he received from God the Father, honour and glory: this voice coming down to him from the excellent glory: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

2 Peter 2:18

For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.

2 Peter 3:18

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all iniquity.