 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 pages
...of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. They have not only looked back, but stand, as it were, already a pillar of salt to the wise, and a... | |
 | sir George Pretyman Tomline (bart, bp. of Winchester.) - 1817 - 644 pages
...in his sins, his apostasy from the truth would be an aggravation of his guilt and punishment : " For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known... | |
 | John Kenrick - 1817 - 650 pages
...them liberty, while they are themselves the slaves of corruption. " For," concludes the apostle, " if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. Por it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, (the doctrine of Christ,)... | |
 | 1817 - 370 pages
...yet fall hack info those pollutions, and perish everlastingly. For thus saith the apostle Peter, ' If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world,...the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ (the only possible way of escaping them) they are again entangled therein and overcome ; the latter... | |
 | William Sharpe - 1817 - 160 pages
...ticed. " It," says this apostle, (with reference to some of the converts whom he was addressing) — " if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the...through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Chris!, they arc again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 432 pages
...cursed children ; which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray." And further he says of them ; "If after they have escaped the pollutions of the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known... | |
 | Esther King - 2004 - 618 pages
...covetous practices; cursed children, having brought a curse upon themselves through disobedience. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them... | |
 | Derek Smith - 2004 - 110 pages
...Christ and remain in God's grace, lest you find yourself worse off than before. 2 nd Peter 2:20-21, "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them... | |
 | W. Gary Crampton - 2004 - 270 pages
...that have been committed. The sinners spoken of have obviously come to a knowledge of the truth. Some have "escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," who have later once again become "entangled in them [the pollutions] and overcome."... | |
 | Michael Pedrin - 2005 - 362 pages
...of people who knew the Lord and turned back. And he compared their experience to those of dogs. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known... | |
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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. 
