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## Whoever escapes the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ##
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Any person that has accepted the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and turned from unclean and unholy living.
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## it has become for them worse than at the first ##
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They are worse off because they have knowledge of holy living and have chosen to return to a life of sin.
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## have known the way of righteousness ##
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Living a life pleasing to God.
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## holy commandment delivered to them ##
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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. ##
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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."
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