2 Peter 2:20

Good News Translation

If people have escaped from the corrupting forces of the world through their knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are again caught and conquered by them, such people are in worse condition at the end than they were at the beginning.

Cross References

Ezekiel 33:13

I may promise life to someone good, but if he starts thinking that his past goodness is enough and begins to sin, I will not remember any of the good he did. He will die because of his sins.

Leviticus 13:20

The priest shall examine you, and if the spot seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it have turned white, he shall pronounce you unclean. It is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the boil.

Leviticus 13:55

Then he shall examine it, and if the mildew has not changed color, even though it has not spread, it is still unclean; you must burn the object, whether the rot is on the front or the back.

Leviticus 14:43

If the mildew breaks out again in the house after the stones have been removed and the house has been scraped and plastered,

Numbers 24:20

Then in his vision Balaam saw the Amalekites and uttered this prophecy: “Amalek was the most powerful nation of all, But at the end it will perish forever.”

Deuteronomy 32:29

They fail to see why they were defeated; they cannot understand what happened.

Philippians 3:19

They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they think only of things that belong to this world.

2 Timothy 2:4

A soldier on active duty wants to please his commanding officer and so does not get mixed up in the affairs of civilian life.

James 1:27

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.

2 Peter 1:11

In this way you will be given the full right to enter the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 1:2

May grace and peace be yours in full measure through your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3

God's divine power has given us everything we need to live a truly religious life through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:4

In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.

2 Peter 1:8

These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:18

They make proud and stupid statements, and use immoral bodily lusts to trap those who are just beginning to escape from among people who live in error.

2 Peter 3:18

But continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory, now and forever! Amen.