20 Bible Verses about Ignorance of God
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While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,
They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,
For it is the will of God that by doing right you should silence the ignorant charges of foolish people.
Return to your sober sense as you ought, and stop sinning, for some of you are utterly ignorant about God. To your shame I say so.
Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.
to keep Satan from getting the better of us. For we know what he is after.
though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief,
Like obedient children, do not adapt yourselves to the cravings you used to follow when you were ignorant,
For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.
For God's folly is beyond the wisdom of men, and God's weakness is beyond their strength.
For as I was going about and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an Unknown God.' So it is what you already worship in ignorance that I am now telling you of.
Avoid foolish, crude speculations; you know they only lead to quarrels,
For to keep you from thinking too well of yourselves, brothers, I do not want you to miss this secret, that only partial insensibility has come upon Israel, to last until all the heathen have come in,
But do not overlook this one fact, dear friends, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like one day.
speaking of it as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which ignorant, unsteadfast people twist to their own ruin, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures.
For they wilfully ignore the fact that long ago there existed heavens and an earth which had been formed at God's command out of water and by water,
They were amazed to see how outspoken Peter and John were, and to find that they were uneducated men with no advantages. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,
Jesus said to them, "Does not this show that you are wrong, and do not understand either the Scriptures or the power of God?
He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,
Yet I know, brothers, that you did not know what you were doing, any more than your leaders did;
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Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
But they will do all this to you on my account, because they do not understand him who sent me.
While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,
Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you, and these men knew that you had sent me.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Sinful lusts
not to gratify his passion, like the heathen who know nothing of God.
Like obedient children, do not adapt yourselves to the cravings you used to follow when you were ignorant,
Ignorance of God » Punishment of
in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,
and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful, correcting his opponents with gentleness; for God may possibly let them repent and acknowledge the truth,
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Idolatry
So if we are God's children we ought not to imagine that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, wrought by human art and thought. While God overlooked those times of ignorance, he now calls upon all men everywhere to repent,
Ignorance of God » Is no excuse for sin
But one who does wrong without knowing them will be lightly punished. From anyone who has been given much, much will be required, and of the man to whom people have intrusted much, they will demand even more.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Living in sin
They profess to know God, but they disown him by what they do; they are detestable, disobedient men, worthless for any good purpose.
No one who keeps in union with him sins. Anyone who sins has never seen him or come to know him.
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
And just as they refused to recognize God any longer, God has abandoned them to unworthy impulses and indecent conduct.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Persecuting saints
But they will do all this to you on my account, because they do not understand him who sent me.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Paul
though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief,
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Alienation from God
They are estranged from the life of God because of the ignorance that exists among them and their obstinacy of heart,
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Gentiles
But formerly, in your ignorance of God, you were slaves to gods that really did not exist,
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you do not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For as I was going about and looking at the things you worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an Unknown God.' So it is what you already worship in ignorance that I am now telling you of.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Not keeping his commands
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Want of love
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Pharaoh
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Jews
Ignorance of God » Ignorance of Christ is
Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Ignorance of God
in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.
