Ephesians 4:18

Appeal For New Behavior

¹⁷ This therefore I say and testify in the Lord, that ye no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles, in the vanity of your mind: ¹⁸ Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, by the ignorance that is in them, through the hardness of their hearts: ¹⁹ Who being past feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Hardness of Heart

Life of God

No

Ephesians 2:12

being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise; having no hope, and without God in the world.

Galatians 4:8

Indeed then, when ye knew not God, ye served them that by nature are not gods.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

Not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles who know not God.

Acts 17:30

The times of ignorance indeed God overlooked; but he now commandeth all men every where to repent.

Romans 1:21-23

Because knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Romans 11:25

Brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) that hardness is in part happened to Israel, till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in:

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people is waxed fat, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed: lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted and I should heal them.

Mark 3:5

But they held their peace. And looking round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored.

John 12:40

He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they might not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted, that I might heal them.

Acts 26:17-18

and of those in which I will appear to thee, Delivering thee from the people,

Romans 1:28

And as they were not careful to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind, to do things not expedient, Filled with all injustice, maliciousness, covetousness, wickedness:

Romans 2:19

And art confident, that thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them that are in darkness, An instructer of the ignorant,

Romans 8:7-8

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their understandings were blinded: and until this day the same veil remaineth unremoved on the reading of the old testament, which is taken away in Christ.

2 Corinthians 4:4

Whose unbelieving minds the god of this world hath blinded, lest the illumination of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine upon them.

Colossians 1:21

And you that were once alienated, and enemies in your mind by wicked works,

James 4:4

Ye adulterers and adultresses, know ye not, that the friendship of the world is enmity against God? Whosoever therefore desireth to be a friend of the world, is an enemy of God.

1 John 2:11

But he that hateth his brother, is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because darkness hath blinded his eyes.