2 Peter 2:20 BSB — MannaFest

2 Peter 2:20

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Leo the Great

SERMONS 27.3 (461)

But in this mercifulness of God, dearly beloved, the greatness of which towards us we cannot explain, Christians must be extremely careful lest they be caught again in the devil's wiles and once more entangled in the errors which they have renounced. For the old enemy does not cease to "transform himself into an angel of light," and spread everywhere the snares of his deceptions, and make every effort to corrupt the faith of believers.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Have escaped the pollutions of the world - The sins which pollute all who know not God. Through the knowledge of Christ - That is, through faith in him, chap. i, 3. They are again entangled therein, and overcome, their last state is worse than the first - More inexcusable, and causing a greater damnation.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The pollutions of the world - Sin in general, and particularly superstition, idolatry, and lasciviousness. These are called μιασματα, miasmata, things that infect, pollute, and defile. The word was anciently used, and is in use at the present day, to express those noxious particles of effluvia proceeding from persons infected with contagious and dangerous diseases; or from dead and corrupt bodies, stagnant and putrid waters, marshes etc., by which the sound and healthy may be infected and destroyed.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἀποφυγόντες	apophugontes	having escaped	G668 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
μιάσματα	miasmata	pollutions	G3393 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κόσμου	kosmou	world	G2889 →
ἐν	en	through	G1722 →
ἐπιγνώσει	epignōsei	[the] knowledge	G1922 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
κυρίου	kuriou	Lord	G2962 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
σωτῆρος	sōtēros	Savior	G4990 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστοῦ,	Christou	Christ,	G5547 →
τούτοις	toutois	in these	G3778 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
ἐμπλακέντες	emplakentes	having been entangled	G1707 →
ἡττῶνται,	hēttōntai	they are subdued,	G2274 →
γέγονεν	gegonen	has become	G1096 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔσχατα	eschata	last [state]	G2078 →
χείρονα	cheirona	worse	G5501 →
τῶν	tōn	than the	G3588 →
πρώτων.	prōtōn	first.	G4413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
leads to
- Romans 16:18
  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
- Romans 8:5–7
  Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- 2 Peter 2:3
  In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- Colossians 3:2
  Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
- Jude 1:12–13
  These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after…
Through
Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
leads to
- Psalms 81:13
  If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
- Deuteronomy 5:29
  If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
- Hosea 14:9
  Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in…