2 Peter 2:20

2:20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things ¹  of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, ²  they ³  again get entangled in them and succumb to them, ⁴  their last state has become worse for them than their first.

2 Peter 3:17

3:17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, ⁵  be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men ⁶  and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. ⁷ 

[2:20]  ¹ tn Grk “defilements”; “contaminations”; “pollutions.”

[2:20]  ² sn Through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The implication is not that these people necessarily knew the Lord (in the sense of being saved), but that they were in the circle of those who had embraced Christ as Lord and Savior.

[2:20]  ³ tn Grk “(and/but) they.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “they again, after becoming entangled in them, are overcome by them.”

[3:17]  ⁵ tn Grk “knowing beforehand.”

[3:17]  ⁶ tn Or “lawless ones.”

[3:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “fall from your firmness.”