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 to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

Their idols are silver and gold; the work of men's hands.

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

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

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send thee,

Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

For when 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.

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them who believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them.

However then, when ye knew not God, ye did service to them which by nature are no gods.

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles who know not God:

Alienated

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

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

However then, when ye knew not God, ye did service to them which by nature are no gods.

And you, that were formerly alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled,

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles who know not God:

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Because

Because that when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them who are in darkness,

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.

General references

And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

Yet the LORD hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.