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2 Peter 2:19-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 Peter 2:19-21
Evangelical Heritage Version
19 While they promise these people freedom, they themselves are slaves to corruption, for a person is a slave to what has control of him.
The Tragedy of Being Led Back Into a Sinful Life
20 Indeed, if, after escaping the defiling things of the world through the knowledge of our[a] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and controlled by them again, they are worse off than they were at first. 21 In fact, it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command passed on to them.
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- 2 Peter 2:20 Some witnesses to the text omit our. It would be replaced by the.
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