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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. |
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. |
For if after they have escaped the defilement of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. |
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If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. |
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through [the full, personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition is worse [for them] than the first. |
For if having escaped the pollutions of the world by an experiential knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in these moreover again being entangled, they have been overcome with the result that they are in a state of subjugation, the last things have become to them worse than the first ones; |
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If men have escaped from the world’s contaminations through knowing our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and then become entangled and defeated by them all over again, their last position is worse than their first. |
For if, after men have escaped the corrupting ways of the world through a full knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are conquered by them, then their last condition is worse than their former one. |
For 1063 if 1487 after they have escaped 668 the 3588 pollutions 3393 of the 3588 world 2889 through 1722 the knowledge 1922 of the 3588 Lord 2962 and 2532 Saviour 4990 Jesus 2424 Christ, 5547 they are 1161 again 3825 entangled 1707 therein, 5125 and 2532 overcome, 2274 the 3588 latter end 2078 is 1096 worse 5501 with them 846 than the 3588 beginning. 4413 |
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