²⁰ For if, ^(A)after they have escaped the defilements of the world ^(B)through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, ^(C)the last state has become worse for them than the first.

⁴ by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become ^(A)partakers of the divine nature, ^(B)having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.