Hello everybody.
This is what Avelina is talking about. And nobody can say the subjects of these scriptures following "weren't saved in the first place". These are people who "escaped the pollution of the world through Christ, then became entangled therein again". Which can't be said any clearer lol.
There is no such thing as a doctrine of "once saved always saved" taught in scripture. These scriptures clear up any doubt. Please read;
(2Pe 2:15) Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam
the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
(2Pe 2:16) But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
(2Pe 2:17) These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
(2Pe 2:18) For when they speak great swelling
words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh,
through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
(2Pe 2:19) While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
(2Pe 2:20) For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
(2Pe 2:21) For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known
it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
(2Pe 2:22) 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.
This in no wise threatens any individuals' conviction of their salvation in the Power of Christ (which I profess of myself). It simply establishes that many HAVE and others CAN. That is all
Blessings in Christ and stay firm in Him!
Merlin