2 Petrus 2:20

2:20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things ¹  of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, ²  they ³  again get entangled in them and succumb to them, ⁴  their last state has become worse for them than their first.

2 Petrus 2:2

2:2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. ⁵  Because of these false teachers, ⁶  the way of truth will be slandered. ⁷ 

1 Petrus 1:4

1:4 that is, ⁸  into ⁹  an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

[2:20]  ¹ tn Grk “defilements”; “contaminations”; “pollutions.”

[2:20]  ² sn Through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The implication is not that these people necessarily knew the Lord (in the sense of being saved), but that they were in the circle of those who had embraced Christ as Lord and Savior.

[2:20]  ³ tn Grk “(and/but) they.”

[2:20]  ⁴ tn Grk “they again, after becoming entangled in them, are overcome by them.”

[2:2]  ⁵ tn “Debauched lifestyles” is literally “licentiousnesses,” “sensualities,” “debaucheries.”

[2:2]  ⁶ tn Grk “because of whom,” introducing a subordinate clause to the first part of the verse.

[2:2]  ⁷ tn Or “blasphemed,” “reviled,” “treated with contempt.”

[1:4]  ⁸ tn The phrase “that is” is supplied in the translation to indicate that the imperishable inheritance is in apposition to the living hope of v. 3.

[1:4]  ⁹ tn Grk “into,” continuing the description of v. 3 without an “and.”