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

Look to thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth were filled with habitations of violence.

Their images are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.

They will not know, and they will not discern: he spread over their eyes from seeing; their heart from considering.

To whom will ye liken me and make equal? and compare me and we shall be like?

Therefore truly, God having overlooked the times of ignorance, now announces to all men everywhere to repent:

Taking thee away from people, and nations, to whom I now send thee.

Wherefore having known God, not as God did they honour or return thanks; but were rendered vain in their conversations, and their heart without understanding was darkened.

For since in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, God was contented by the foolishness of proclaiming to save them believing.

In whom the God of this world blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

But then truly, not having known God, ye were in a servile condition to them not being gods by nature.

Not in the passion of eager desire, as also the nations not knowing God:

Alienated

That ye were in that time without Christy alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners from the covenants of solemn promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Wherefore the thought of the flesh enmity to God: for it is not subject to the law of God, for it cannot be.

But then truly, not having known God, ye were in a servile condition to them not being gods by nature.

And you, once being alienated and enemies in mind by evil works, and now has he reconciled

Not in the passion of eager desire, as also the nations not knowing God:

Adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is the enmity of God? whoever therefore would wish to be the friend of the world is set the enemy of God.

Because

Wherefore having known God, not as God did they honour or return thanks; but were rendered vain in their conversations, and their heart without understanding was darkened.

And art persuaded thou thyself to be a guide of the blind, a light of them in darkness,

And he hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and knows not where he goes forward, for darkness has blinded his eyes.

General references

And the daughter of the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seagull, and the hawk according to its kind;

And Jehovah gave not to you an heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, even to this day.