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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
En effet, si, après s'être retirés des souillures du monde, par la connaissance du Seigneur et Sauveur Jésus-Christ, ils s'y engagent de nouveau et sont vaincus, leur dernière condition est pire que la première.
KJV
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.
Hermas
The Shepherd of Hermas
ατοικεῖτε: τὸ δὲ πυροειδὲς καὶ αἱματῶδες, ὅτι δεῖ τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον δἰ αἵματος καὶ πυρὸς ἀπόλλυσθαι: II Pet. 2, 20 τὸ δὲ χρυσοῦν μέρος ὑμεῖς ἐστε οἱ ἐκφυγόντες τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον. ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ I Pet. 1, 7; cf. Ecclus. 2, 5; Prov. 17, 3; Job 23, 10 χρυσίον δοκιμάζεται διὰ τοῦ πυρὸς…
Faustus of Riez
Eight Sermons
een better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back (2 Peter 2:20). And again: A dog returns to its vomit, and a sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud (2 Peter 2:21). But we should not despair over such people, brothers…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
e comminata sunt, expavescamus admittere quae prohibita sunt, quoniam melius esset, juxta Apostolum (II Pet. II, 20) , viam Dei non nosse, quam post perceptam gratiam retrorsum abire, aut sub hypocrisi ficte ac vitiosissime vivere. Quia cum quisque ceciderit de culmine justitiae…
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