2 Peter 2:20

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.

2 Peter 1:2

May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure, as you advance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord.

2 Peter 2:18

With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man's lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives.

Hebrews 10:26-27

Remember, if we sin willfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the Truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin;

Matthew 12:43-45

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it.

Luke 11:24-26

No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest; and finding none, it says 'I will go back to the home which I left';

Philippians 3:19

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.

Hebrews 6:4-8

For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,

2 Peter 1:4

For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.

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
With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man's lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives.
2 Peter 1:4
For it was through this that he gave us what we prize as the greatest of his promises, that through them you might participate in the divine nature, now that you have fled from the corruption in the world, resulting from human passions.

Through

2 Peter 1:2
May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure, as you advance in the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord.

The latter

Philippians 3:19
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.

General references

Matthew 7:27
The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and struck against that house, and it fell; and great was its downfall."
Luke 14:30
And say 'Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!'
Luke 17:32
Remember Lot's wife.
1 Timothy 5:15
There are some who have already left us, to follow Satan.