G2274–ἡσσάομαι–hēssaomai

For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except [ergänzt: it be] that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

ἡσσώθητε hēssōthēte “you were inferior”

promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he also brought into bondage.

ἥττηται, hēttētai “has been subdued,”

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

ἡττῶνται, hēttōntai “they are subdued,”