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For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and SaviorJesusChrist, they are againentangled in them and are overcome, the last state has becomeworse for them than the first.
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For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turnaway from the holycommandmenthanded on to them.
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It has happened to them according to the trueproverb, "A DOGRETURNS TO ITS OWNVOMIT," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire."