Subject: Snatch? |
Bible Note: Thank you for your interpretation. I've been using the NIV bible which states it differently. I would like to know what version you are refering to so that I can read it in context as you are. The NIV says "If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ..." I interpret "escaping the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord" as being saved. That's the only way I know to escape the corruption of the world. The KJV says it similarly "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." And the same for NASB - "For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first." I do agree with you though that one can know Christ but not Know Christ. I don't think that people that just know who Jesus is (and maybe even try and act as he did) could escape the corruption of the world. Only if you were saved could be free from the corruption of the world. If you turn back to the ways of the world and renounce your salvation, then you no longer have that guarantee. |