2 Peter 2:20 Cross References - Rotherham

²⁰ For, if, having escaped from the defilements of the world by a personal knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but, by the same having again become entangled, they are defeated, the, last, state hath become, for them, worse than, the first;

²⁰ And, when he saw Amalek, he took up his parable, and said––The beginning of nations,––Amalek, But, his latter end, is even to perish.

²⁹ If they had been wise, they would have understood this,––They would have given heed to their hereafter!

⁴³ But, when the impure spirit goeth out of the man, it passeth through waterless places, seeking rest,––and findeth it not. ⁴⁴ Then, it saith, Into my house, will I return whence I came out,––and, coming, findeth it empty [and] swept and adorned. ⁴⁵ Then, it goeth, and taketh along with itself, seven diverse spirits, more wicked than itself,––and, entering, abideth there; and, the last state of that man, becometh, worse than the first. So, shall it be, with this, wicked, generation.

²⁴ Whensoever, the impure spirit, goeth out from the man, it passeth through waterless places, seeking rest; and, not finding it, [then,] it saith, I will return unto my house, whence I came out; –– ²⁵ and, coming, findeth it, [empty,] swept, and adorned. ²⁶ Then, goeth it, and taketh along with itself, other spirits, more wicked than itself––seven, and, entering in, fixeth its dwelling there; and, the last state of that man, becometh, worse than the first.

¹⁹ Whose, end, is destruction, whose, God, is the belly, and [whose], glory, is in their shame, who, upon the earthly things, are resolved.

⁴ For it is impossible––as to these who have been, once for all, illuminated, who have tasted also of the heavenly free–gift, and have been made, partners, in a Holy Spirit, ⁵ And have tasted God’s utterance to be, sweet, mighty works also of a coming age, ⁶ And who have fallen away, again, to be remoulding them into repentance; seeing they are again crucifying unto themselves the Son of God, and holding him up as an example. ⁷ For, land, which hath drunk in, the rain, thereupon ofttimes coming, and which bringeth forth vegetation fit for them for whom it is even cultivated, partaketh of a blessing from God; ⁸ But, should it be bringing forth thorns and briars, it is disapproved, and, unto cursing, nigh,––whose end is for burning.

²⁶ For, if, by choice, we be sinning, after the receiving of the full–knowledge of the truth, no longer, for sins, is there left over, a sacrifice, ²⁷ But some fearful reception of judgment and fiery jealousy, about to devour the opposers.

² Favour unto you, and peace, be multiplied, in the personal knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; ––

⁴ Through which, his precious, and very great, promises, have, unto us, been given, in order that, through these, ye might become sharers in a divine nature––escaping the corruption that is in the world by coveting.

¹⁸ For, great swelling words of vanity, uttering, they entice with carnal covetings––in wanton ways––them who are, well–nigh, escaping from the men who, in error, have their behaviour;