2 Peter 2:20

Free Bible Version

If people manage to escape from the evil influence of the world by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then get tangled up in sin again and are defeated, they are worse off than they were in the first place.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:13

If I tell a good person that they will live and then they rely on their goodness and start sinning, then none of the good things they did will be remembered; he will die because of the sins.

Leviticus 13:20

The priest shall inspect it, and if it seems to be more than something on the surface, and if the hair there has turned white, the priest shall declare him unclean. It is a serious skin disease that has infected the boil.

Leviticus 13:55

Once it has been washed, the priest is to inspect it again, and if the item with the mold hasn't changed how it looks, it is unclean. Though the mold hasn't spread, you must burn the item, whether the mold damage is on the inside or the outside.

Leviticus 14:43

If the mold returns and affects the house again even after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and replastered,

Numbers 24:20

Balaam turned his attention to the Amalekites and gave this declaration about them, saying, “Amalek was first among the nations, but they will end up being destroyed.”

Deuteronomy 32:29

How I wish they were wise, so they could understand it; they would recognize what was going to happen to them.

Philippians 3:19

They will end up being completely lost, these people whose “god” is their physical desires and who are proud of what they should be ashamed of, thinking only about the things of this world.

2 Timothy 2:4

A soldier on active duty doesn't get caught up in the business of everyday life. He wants to please the one who enlisted him.

James 1:27

In the eyes of our God and Father, religion that's pure and genuine is to visit orphans and widows in their suffering, and to keep yourself from being contaminated by the world.

2 Peter 1:11

You will receive a tremendous welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:2

May you have ever more grace and peace as you grow in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

Through his divine power we have been given everything that's important to live a God-centered life. This comes through knowing him who called us to himself by his own glory and goodness. In this way he's given us wonderful, priceless promises.

2 Peter 1:4

Through these promises you can share in the divine nature, being rid of the corruption caused by this world's evil desires.

2 Peter 1:8

The more you have these qualities, the more they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:18

Inflated with their own nonsense, they appeal to sensual desires, luring back into immorality those who have only just escaped from those who live in error.

2 Peter 3:18

May you grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. May he have glory, both now and forever! Amen.