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translationWords
- en:tw:command
- en:tw:defile
- en:tw:holy
- en:tw:jesus
- en:tw:know
- en:tw:lordgod
- en:tw:pig
- en:tw:proverb
- en:tw:righteous
- en:tw:savior
- en:tw:true
- en:tw:world
translationNotes
- Whoever escapes the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, - Any person that has accepted the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and turned from unclean and unholy living.
- it has become for them worse than at the first. - They are worse off because they have knowledge of holy living and have chosen to return to a life of sin.
- **have known the way of righteousness ** - Living a life pleasing to God.
- holy commandment delivered to them. - God's rules and laws given to them so they would know how to live for God.
- This proverb...a dog returns to its own vomit. A washed pig returns to the mud. - A wise saying that is comparing how those that know the truth but returns to ungodly living. "A dog returns to its own vomit" refers to proverbs 26:11. In either case the meaning is "the animal is unable to be trained not to defile itself."