2 Peter 2:20

Easy To Read Version

Those people were made free from the evil things in the world. They were made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if those people go back into those evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:13

“Maybe I will tell a good person that he will live. But maybe that good person will begin to think that the good things he did in the past will save him. So he might begin to do bad things. But I won’t remember the good things he did in the past! No, he will die because of the bad things he begins to do.

Leviticus 13:20

The priest must look at it. If the swelling is deeper than the skin and the hair on it has become white, then the priest must announce that the person is unclean. [165] The spot is the infection of leprosy. [166] The leprosy has broken out from inside the boil.

Leviticus 13:55

After that time, the priest must look again. If the mildew still looks the same, then that thing is unclean. [186] It does not matter if the infection has not spread. You must burn that cloth or piece of leather.

Leviticus 14:43

“Maybe a person took away the old stones and plaster [220] and put in new stones and plaster. And maybe mildew [221] again appears in that house.

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam saw the Amalekite people and said these words:

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they were wise, they would understand, they would know what would happen to them!

Philippians 3:19

The way these people live is leading them to destruction. They don’t serve God. Those people live only to please themselves. They do shameful things, and they are proud of those things. They think only about earthly things.

2 Timothy 2:4

A person that is a soldier wants to please his commanding officer. So that soldier does not use his time doing the things that most people do.

James 1:27

The kind of religion (worship) that God accepts is this: caring for orphans {\cf2\super [2]} or widows {\cf2\super [3]} who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s \{evil\} influence. This is the kind of religion (worship) that God accepts as pure and good.

2 Peter 1:11

And you will be given a very great welcome into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That kingdom continues forever.

2 Peter 1:2

Grace (kindness) and peace be given to you more and more, because now you know God and Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

Jesus has the power of God. And his power has given us everything we need to live and to serve God. We have these things because we know him. Jesus called us by his glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:4

Through his glory and goodness, Jesus gave us the very great and rich gifts that he promised us. With those gifts you can share in being like God. And so the world will not ruin you with the evil things it wants.

2 Peter 1:8

If all these things are in you and they are growing, then these things will help you to never be useless. These things will help you to never be worthless in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:18

Those false teachers boast with words that mean nothing. They lead people into the trap \{of sin\}. They lead away people who are just beginning to come away from other people who live wrong. Those false teachers do this by using the evil things people want to do in their sinful selves.

2 Peter 3:18

But grow in the grace (kindness) and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Glory be to him now and forever! Amen.