2 Peter 2:20 
Context| NETBible | 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. |
| NIV © biblegateway 2Pe 2:20 |
If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. |
| NASB © biblegateway 2Pe 2:20 |
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. |
| NLT © biblegateway 2Pe 2:20 |
And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before. |
| MSG © biblegateway 2Pe 2:20 |
If they've escaped from the slum of sin by experiencing our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ, and then slid back into that same old life again, they're worse than if they had never left. |
| BBE © SABDAweb 2Pe 2:20 |
For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first. |
| NRSV © bibleoremus 2Pe 2:20 |
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first. |
| NKJV © biblegateway 2Pe 2:20 |
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 in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. |
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| NASB © biblegateway 2Pe 2:20 |
For if <1487> , after they have escaped <668> the defilements <3393> of the world <2889> by the knowledge <1922> of the Lord <2962> and Savior <4990> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> , they are again <3825> entangled <1707> in them and are overcome <2274> , the last <2078> state has become <1096> worse <5501> for them than the first <4413> . |
| NET [draft] ITL | For <1063> if <1487> after <668> they have escaped <668> the filthy things <3393> of the world <2889> through <1722> the rich knowledge <1922> of our Lord <2962> and <2532> Savior <4990> Jesus <2424> Christ <5547> , they <2274> again <3825> get entangled <1707> in them <5125> and <1161> succumb <2274> to them <846> , their last state <2078> has become <1096> worse <5501> for them than their first <4413> . |
| GREEK | ei gar apofugontev miasmata tou kosmou en epignwsei tou kuriou kai swthrov ihsou cristou toutoiv de palin emplakentev ta escata ceirona twn prwtwn |
| NETBible | 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. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “defilements”; “contaminations”; “pollutions.” 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. 3 tn Grk “(and/but) they.” 4 tn Grk “they again, after becoming entangled in them, are overcome by them.” |
