From b6b917c72d3beb8a187ef564d830859c95a9671e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:37:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update '2pe/02/20.md' --- 2pe/02/20.md | 10 +++------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/2pe/02/20.md b/2pe/02/20.md index 7eaa4f1e8c..97e9602221 100644 --- a/2pe/02/20.md +++ b/2pe/02/20.md @@ -1,18 +1,14 @@ -# Connecting Statement: - -The words "they" and "them" refer to the false teachers Peter speaks of in verses 12-19. - # If they have escaped the corruptions ... and are again entangled in them and overcome -The events in this conditional statement have happened. The false teachers had at one time escaped, but they became entangled and were overcome. Alternate translation: "Since they have escaped ... and are again entangled in them and overcome" +"Since they have escaped ... and are again entangled in them and overcome" # the corruptions of the world -The word "corruptions" refers to sinful behavior that makes one morally impure. The "world" refers to human society. Alternate translation: "the corrupting practices of sinful human society" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"the corrupting practices of sinful human society" # through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ -You can translate "knowledge" using a verbal phrase. See how you translated similar phrases in [2 Peter 1:2](../01/02.md). Alternate translation: "by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) +"by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" # the last state has become worse for them than the first