2 Peter 2:20 meaning and explanation

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

2 Peter 2:20, Berean Standard Bible

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Peter is warning his readers about false teachers who had once seemed to share in the knowledge of Christ but had turned back to the corrupt desires they formerly left behind. The Greek word for knowledge here is epignosis, a full and personal knowing rather than mere information.

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