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 regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.

"To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?

The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent,

delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles--to whom I am sending you

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.

not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Alienated

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods.

And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,

not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

Because

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

General references

the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,

But to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear.