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For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state has become worse with them than the first.
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A Warning, Not a Verdict
Most commentators argue this verse does not necessarily mean a true Christian can lose their salvation. They highlight that terms like 'born again' are absent. Instead, the verse likely describes those who had an intellectual 'knowledge' of Christ and reformed outwardly but never experienced genuine heart regeneration. Their fall is from a profession of faith, not from a state of grace.
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2 Peter
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world. This does not necessarily mean that they had been true Christians and had fall…
After they have escaped (αποφυγοντες). Second aorist active participle here (see verse 18).
The defilements
19th Century
Anglican
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world.—This applies the general statement of the preceding verse to …
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Of whom is Peter speaking in vv.20–22—i. e., who does the pronoun “they” refer to? Does it refer (1) to the false teachers of v.19, (2) to the unst…
16th Century
Protestant
For if after. He again shows how destructive was the sect which led men consecrated to God back to their old filth and the corruptions of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world , &c.] The sins of it, the governing vices of it, which t…
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