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
when their language swells with vanity, by applying to the sensual passions of the licentious, they allure those who were escap'd for a while, from such deceivers:
2 Peter 1:4
by which we have receiv'd the most inestimable promises, that thereby you might become partakers of the divine perfections, after having escap'd from the corruption of a sensual world.

Through

2 Peter 1:2
may the divine favour and felicity be poured upon you, by the knowledge of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The latter

Philippians 3:19
who in the. end will be ruin'd, who place their religion in sensuality, their glory in that which is their shame, and fix their thoughts upon this earth.

General references

Matthew 7:27
the rain descends, the flood rushes on, the winds blow, and beat upon the house: down it falls, and wide are its ruins.
Luke 14:30
this man, will they say, began to build, but wanted stock to finish.
Luke 17:32
remember Lot's wife.
1 Timothy 5:15
for some have already revolted to paganism.