quote:Originally posted by beternU:
15Which have forsaken the right way, {can't 'forsake' something, Bill, without having first accepted it]and are gone astray[/B][can't go 'astray, Bill,without having first been where one should be] following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
20For [B]if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ[/B],[These obviously are persons who at one time "escaped," but who returned to the 'pollutions of the world."] the they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and [B]the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.[Washing signifies cleansing, Bill, and the obvious allusion is that these miscreants Peter was describing had indeed once been cleansed of sin, but now had returned to their former lives of willful sinning]
You've brought up some great stuff here, but as you know, Bill won't answer to any of it. When pushed into a corner, he turns tale & runs. We'll probably see another topic started with you as the star.