For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first.

Επειδη εαν αφου απεφυγον τα μολυσματα του κοσμου δια της επιγνωσεως του Κυριου και Σωτηρος Ιησου Χριστου, ενεπλεχθησαν παλιν εις ταυτα και νικωνται, εγειναν εις αυτους τα εσχατα χειροτερα των πρωτων.

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.