2 Peter 2:21

19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of¹ corruption; ^afor by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into² bondage.

20 For if, after they ^ahave escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are ^bagain entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.

21 For ^ait would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: ^a“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

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No matter how clean we are on the outside, if the inside, the nature, the heart, remains unchanged, or if we resort again to habitual sin, we will return to what we came from and once more be filthy both inside and out.

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The Beatitudes, Part 6: The Pure in Heart

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