II Peter 2:20
The Scripture
(20) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Peter warned that false teachers would secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying the Lord who bought them, and would face swift destruction. He cited God's judgment on the fallen angels, the flood in Noah's day, and Sodom and Gomorrah as proof that the LORD knows how to deliver the godly and punish the unjust.
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