 | John Evans - Christian life - 1825 - 568 pages
...we draw back, rt i» " unto perdition," ver. 39. — 2 Pet. iu 20, 21. " If, after men have esc.iped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." Awful warnings ! which should ever keep up a wakeful care to finish our course with joy. 2, Stedfastness... | |
 | Richard Hele - Devotional literature - 1825 - 598 pages
...' Heb. xii. 1—3. k Gal. vi. 9. ' Phil, i. 6. m Rom. ii. 6, 7. " Heb. x. 35, 36. ° Ibid. ver. 38. Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them p. Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees q ; Looking diligently, lest "any... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Baptists - 1825 - 536 pages
...done despite to the Spirit of grace ? Peter also describes the same characters : For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through...beginning. For it had been better for them not to hare known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it to turn from the holy commandment... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...corruption : for of whom a man is overcome of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the...the beginning. For it had been better for them not tohaveknown the way of righteousness, than, after they have known if, to turn from the holy commandment... | |
 | John Owen - Conscience, Examination of - 1825 - 338 pages
...corruption : for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through...latter end is worse with them than the beginning." The Holy Ghost compares sinners, because of the odious, fierce, poisonous nature of this indwelling... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 572 pages
...iv. 16, 17. If so be that ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious, 1 Pet ii. 3. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the...latter end is worse with them than the beginning, 2 Pet. Ü. 20. b For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...corruption ; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world, through...latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have... | |
 | Ben Lunis - Religion - 2003 - 590 pages
...entangled in it and are overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of...known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. (II Peter 2:20, 21) The role of evangelist Background Dowgiewicz notes that it is apparent... | |
 | Henry E. Meredith - Religion - 2003 - 674 pages
...fullness of the gospel that has grown cold and indifferent to the wooing of the Spirit. "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the...they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the later end is worse with them than the beginning" (2 Peter 2:20). The church has no burning zeal within... | |
 | Ray Hundley - Religion - 2004 - 302 pages
...transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee." (Psalm 51:10-13) "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the...turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them." (2 Pet, 2:20-21) "Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I... | |
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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. For it had been better for them... 
