2 Peter 2:19-20
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
19 They promise them freedom, though they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave of whatever overcomes him.(A) 20 For if they, having escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of [our] Lord and savior Jesus Christ, again become entangled and overcome by them, their last condition is worse than their first.(B)
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