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2 Peter 2:19-21
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
2 Peter 2:19-21
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
19 promising them freedom, themselves being slaves of corruption. For by what one has been defeated, by this he has been enslaved.
Their Slavery Now Is Worse Than Ever
20 For if— having escaped-from the defilements of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and again having been entangled by these things— they[a] are defeated, then the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known, to turn-back from the holy commandment having been delivered to them.
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- 2 Peter 2:20 That is, the false teachers (v 17-18a); or, their victims (v 18b-19); or, this may be a general principle referring to all.
2 Peter 2:19-21
New International Version
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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