2 Peter 2:20

For if having escaped the pollutions of the world through the perfect knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and having again become entangled in these things, they are overcome, the last state has to them become worse than the first.

2 Peter 1:2

Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

2 Peter 2:18

For speaking swelling words of vanity, in the lusts of the flesh they beguile with their impurities, those that have but partially escaped, who are still moving about in their delusion;

Hebrews 10:26-27

For we sinning willingly after we have received the perfect knowledge of the truth, there is left no more sacrifice for sins,

Matthew 12:43-45

And when the unclean spirit may go out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds none.

Luke 11:24-26

When the unclean spirit may go out from the man, he goes through dry places; seeking rest, and finding none, he says, I will return into my own house, whence I came out.

Philippians 3:19

whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

Hebrews 6:4-8

For it is impossible that those having been once enlightened, and tasted the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

2 Peter 1:4

through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Through

The latter

Bible References

Escaped

2 Peter 2:18
For speaking swelling words of vanity, in the lusts of the flesh they beguile with their impurities, those that have but partially escaped, who are still moving about in their delusion;
2 Peter 1:4
through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Through

2 Peter 1:2
Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the perfect knowledge of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

The latter

Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose God is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.

General references

Matthew 7:27
And the rain came down, and the rivers came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Luke 14:30
saying, that this man began to build, and was not able to complete it.
Luke 17:32
Remember Lot's wife.
1 Timothy 5:15
for already certain ones have turned away after Satan.