>>> Are you trying to make the point that ONLY ‘false teachers’ will be ‘worse off’?
No... I said that “They” are defined starting in verse 9 and 10, and further described in verses 11-19. Summarily they are referred to in verse 9 as “the unjust”.
To me, I see the “unjust” described in verses 11-19 as all those who for whatever reason hate all things righteous and lust after everything that is unclean. This would certainly include false teachers, but is not limited to them.
My point was that taking verse 20 out of context and using it to refer to people of faith is completely out of line with the previous 10 verses.
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If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.
This sure sounds like 'people of faith' to me!