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.