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.
Escaped
Through
The latter
General references
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.