2 Peter 2:19-21
Christian Standard Bible
19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, since people are enslaved to whatever defeats them.(A) 20 For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of the Lord[a] and Savior Jesus Christ,(B) they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.(C) 21 For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness(D) than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command(E) delivered(F) to them.(G)
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2 Peter 2:19-21
New International Version
19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for “people are slaves to whatever has mastered them.”(A) 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(B) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(C) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(D) 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.(E)
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