But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

But. You need not wonder; for dogs and swine they were before, and dogs and swine they will continue (). They 'scarcely' () have escaped from their filthy folly, when they again are entangled in it. Then they seduce others who have in like manner 'for a little time escaped from them that live in error' (). Peter quoted Proverbs in his first letter (; ; 4:8,18 ): another proof that both letters come from the same writer.

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