Ephesians 4:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

The understanding

Alienated

Because

Romans 1:21

Romans 2:19

1 John 2:11

General references

Leviticus 11:16

Deuteronomy 29:4

Bible References

The understanding

Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:

They have no knowledge, and understand not; for he hath plastered their eyes, that they may not see; and their hearts, that they may not understand.

To whom will ye liken me and make me equal, or compare me, that we may be like?

God therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, now enjoins men that they shall all everywhere repent,

taking thee out from among the people, and the nations, to whom I send thee,

Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom has not known God, God has been pleased by the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the thoughts of the unbelieving, so that the radiancy of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine forth for them.

But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;

(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)

Alienated

that ye were at that time without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God; for neither indeed can it be:

But then indeed, not knowing God, ye were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods;

And you, who once were alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works, yet now has it reconciled

(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)

Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God.

Because

Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:

and hast confidence that thou thyself art a leader of the blind, a light of those who are in darkness,

But he that hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and knows not where he goes, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

General references

and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;

But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.