20 Bible Verses about Ignorance of God
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Then indeed God winking at the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent:
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;
because thus it is the will of God, that doing good you should put to shame the ignorance of the ignorant people:
Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak to your shame.
and Jesus responding said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
being antecedently a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insulter: but I obtained mercy, because I did it in unbelief being ignorant;
As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:
for being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
For going through, and seeing your devotions, I also found an altar on which it was superscribed, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore I now preach unto you Him whom you are ignorantly worshiping.
But reject foolish and undisciplinary questions, knowing that they gender strife.
I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to this mystery, in order that you may not he wise with yourselves, that blindness in part has happened unto Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles may come in;
But let not this one thing be forgotten, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
as also in all his epistles, speaking in the same concerning these things; in which there are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unestablished wrest, as they also do the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
For they willingly forget this, that the heavens were in the olden time, and the earth standing out of the water and through the water, by the word of God;
And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and apprehending that they are unlearned and ignorant men, they continued to be astonished, and recognized them, that they were with Jesus;
And Jesus responding, said to them; Therefore do you not err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God?
being able to sympathize with the ignorant and erring, since himself is also compassed about with infirmity;
And now, brethren, I know that you did it through ignorance, as did your rulers also;
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Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know Him that sent me.
Then indeed God winking at the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent:
Righteous Father, indeed the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and they know that thou didst send me;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Sinful lusts
not in the passion of lust, as indeed the Gentiles who do not know God;
As children of obedience, not being fashioned after your former lusts in ignorance:
Ignorance of God » Punishment of
in the fire of flame, dispensing vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
being able to sympathize with the ignorant and erring, since himself is also compassed about with infirmity;
But it does not behoove the servant of the Lord to strive, but to be gentle toward all, competent to teach, enduring evil, in meekness correcting the adversaries; if peradventure God may grant unto them repentance into the perfect knowledge of the truth,
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Idolatry
Then being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that divinity is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, the invention of art and the device of man. Then indeed God winking at the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent:
Ignorance of God » Is no excuse for sin
But the one not knowing, and doing things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. But to every one to whom much is given, much will be required of him: and to whom they commit much, of him they will ask the more.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Living in sin
They profess to know God, but deny him by their works, being abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate unto every good work.
No one abiding in him is sinning: every one sinning does not see him, nor know him.
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
And as they did not approve to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are inappropriate;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Persecuting saints
But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know Him that sent me.
And they will do these things, because they did not know the Father, nor me.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Paul
being antecedently a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and an insulter: but I obtained mercy, because I did it in unbelief being ignorant;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Alienation from God
being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance being in themselves, on account of the blindness of their heart;
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Gentiles
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
and Jesus responding said to them, You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For going through, and seeing your devotions, I also found an altar on which it was superscribed, To THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore I now preach unto you Him whom you are ignorantly worshiping.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Not keeping his commands
The one saying, I have known him, and keeping not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Want of love
The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Pharaoh
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Jews
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they were casting the lots.
Ignorance of God » Ignorance of Christ is
Then they said to Him, Where is thy Father? Jesus responded; You know neither me nor my Father; if you knew me, you would also know my Father.
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Ignorance of God
in the fire of flame, dispensing vengeance to those who know not God, and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
