2 Peter 2:20

For if having escaped the defilements of the world by a knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome by them, the last state of those persons is worse than the first.

2 Peter 1:2

Grace and peace be multiplied to you by a knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 2:18

For speaking extravagant words of vanity, they entice with carnal desires of lewdness those scarcely escaped from them, those living in error,

Hebrews 10:26-27

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins,

Matthew 12:43-45

But when the impure spirit has gone out of a man, it goes through dry places seeking a rest, and finds none.

Luke 11:24-26

When an impure spirit has gone out of a man, it passes through places destitute of water, seeking a rest; and not finding one, says, I will return to my house from which I came out.

Philippians 3:19

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

Hebrews 6:4-8

For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

2 Peter 1:4

through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire,

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 extravagant words of vanity, they entice with carnal desires of lewdness those scarcely escaped from them, those living in error,
2 Peter 1:4
through which have been given us very great and precious promises, that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption which is in the world by inordinate desire,

Through

2 Peter 1:2
Grace and peace be multiplied to you by a knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

The latter

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

General references

Matthew 7:27
and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great.
Luke 14:30
saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
Luke 17:32
remember Lot's wife.
1 Timothy 5:15
for some have already turned back after Satan.