ISB ~ 2 Peter 2 v20 - 21

Peter warns that genuine believers can fall from God’s grace and ultimately lose their salvation. The false teachers exemplify such a danger, for they have slid back into wicked ways, even though they were “bought” by the Lord (2:1; 1 Cor 6:19-20) and once “washed” clean of their iniquities (2:22; Acts 22:16). One who has never known the Christian message is better off than one who has previously embraced it but later chooses to reject it (Mt 12:45; Lk 11:26).