Study it in the app“For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus the Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.”
Forγὰρif,εἰafter they have escapedἀποφυγόντεςthe defilementsτὰ μιάσματαof the worldτοῦ κόσμουthroughἐνthe knowledgeἐπιγνώσειof the Lordτοῦ κυρίουandκαὶSaviorσωτῆροςJesusἸησοῦthe Messiah,Χριστοῦthey are againπάλινentangledἐμπλακέντεςin themτούτοιςand overcome,ἡττῶνταιthe last stateτὰ ἔσχαταhas becomeγέγονενfor themαὐτοῖςworseχείροναthan the first.τῶν πρώτων
escape
Escape, flee from something.
Where else “apophygontes” appearsdefilement
Defilement, pollution, stain.
Where else “miasmata” appearsworld against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmou” appearsknowledge
Knowledge: full knowledge of something or of someone, recognition.
Where else “epignōsei” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsSavior
Savior.
Where else “sōtēros” appearsJesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
Where else “Iēsou” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearsagain
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appearsget entangled
Get entangled, be caught up in something.
Where else “emplakentes” appearsbe overcome
To be mastered by something.
Where else “hēttōntai” appearslast
The one who comes behind all, in line or in esteem.
Where else “eschata” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonen” appearsworse
Worse.
Where else “cheirona” appearsfirst
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtōn” appearsRecalls Jesus’ words in Matthew 12:45.
19promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what anyone is overcome, to this he is also enslaved.
20 · This verse (above)
21For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment handed down to them.
