Verse 20

For yf they, after they haue escaped from the fylthynesse of the worlde, thorowe the knowledge of the Lord, & the sauiour Iesus Christe, are yet tangled agayne therein, and ouercome, then is the later end worse with them then the begynnyng.

Referenced Verses

• Heb 10:26-27 : 26 For yf we sinne wyllyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth, there remayneth no more sacrifice for sinnes: 27 But a fearefull lokyng for of iudgement, and violent fire, whiche shall deuour the aduersaries.
• Heb 6:4-8 : 4 For it can not be that they which were once lighted, and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft, and were become partakers of the holy ghost, 5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God, and the powers of the worlde to come: 6 And they fall away, shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce, hauyng crucified to the selues the sonne of God a fresshe, and made a mocke of hym. 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it, and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed, receaueth blessyng of God: 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers, is reproued, and is nye vnto cursyng, whose ende is to be burned.
• Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose ende is dampnation, whose God is their belly, and glorie to their shame, which mynde earthly thynges.
• Deut 32:29 : 29 O that they were wyse, and vnderstoode this, that they woulde consider their latter ende.
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,
• Luke 11:24-26 : 24 When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh through drye places, sekyng rest: and when he fyndeth none, he sayth, I wyll returne vnto my house, whence I came out. 25 And when he commeth, he fyndeth it swept and garnisshed. 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to hym seuen other spirites, worse then him selfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man, is worse then the begynnyng.
• 2 Pet 1:2 : 2 Grace and peace be multiplied vnto you, through the knowledge of God, and of Iesus our Lorde:
• 2 Pet 1:4 : 4 By the which are geuen vnto vs excellent and most great promises, that by the meanes thereof, ye might be partakers of the godly nature, yf ye flee the corruption of worldly lust.
• Matt 12:43-45 : 43 When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drye places, sekyng rest, and fyndeth none. 44 Then he sayeth: I wyll returne into my house, from whence I came out. And when he is come, he fyndeth it emptie, swept, and garnyshed. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh vnto hym seuen other spirites, worse then hym selfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: And the ende of that man, is worse then the begynnyng. Euen so shall it be also, vnto this frowarde generation.
• Num 24:20 : 20 And when he loked on Amaleck, he toke vp his parable, and said: Amaleck is the first of the nations, but his latter ende shall perishe vtterly.