Thematic Bible
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Character » Of the wicked » Lying
Character of the wicked » Lying
Estrangement » From God » General references to
with darkened understanding, estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and because of the stubbornness of their hearts;
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At that time you were without any connection with Christ; you were aliens to the commonwealth of Israel, strangers to the sacred compacts made by God's promise, with no hope, and no God in the world.
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"'This people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far, far away from me;
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Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Estranged from God
with darkened understanding, estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and because of the stubbornness of their hearts;
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So you, who were once estranged from Him, and hostile in disposition as shown by your wrongdoings, He has now reconciled
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Heredity » General references to
Lying » The wicked » Addicted to, from their infancy
Parent's sins » Visited upon children » General references to
Sin » Mankind being sinful in nature
You too were dead because of the shortcomings and sins in which you once lived in accordance with the spirit of this present world, and the mighty prince of the air, who is always at work in the disobedient, among whom all of us, we Jews as well as you heathen, once lived while gratifying the cravings of our lower nature, as we continued to carry out the impulses of our lower nature and its thoughts, and by nature we were exposed to God's wrath, as the rest of mankind.