20 Bible Verses about Ignorance of God
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These times indeed of ignorance God then overlooked; but he now commands all men in every place to repent:
darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts:
For such is the will of God, that by well doing ye hold under restraint the ignorance of foolish men:
Awake as the righteous, and sin not; for some have an ignorance of God: I speak this to your shame.
Jesus then answering, said unto them, Ye are in an error, from not knowing the Scriptures, and the power of God.
that no advantage be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolently violent, But I was admitted to mercy, for I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
as obedient children, not conformed to the former passions of the days of your ignorance:
For being ignorant of the righteousness which is of God, and seeking to establish a righteousness of their own, they have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
For this foolishness of God is wiser than men; and this weakness of God is stronger than men.
For as I walked about, and attentively viewed the objects of your worship, I found even an altar on which was this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you in ignorance adore, him I preach unto you.
For I would not that you should be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is come on Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
But let not this particular be concealed from you, 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 them of these things, of which some are difficult to be understood, which the uninstructed and the unstable torture, as indeed they do the rest of the scriptures unto their own destruction.
For this they chuse to keep out of sight, that by the word of God the heavens were created of old, and the earth rising out of the water and subsisting amidst the water;
Attentively regarding then the noble confidence of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were men unlettered, and destitute of education, they were astonished; and they recollected them, that they had been with Jesus.
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, from not knowing the scriptures, and the power of God?
being able to feel tenderly for the ignorant and erroneous; forasmuch as he is himself encompassed with infirmity.
And now, brethren, I know that through ignorance ye did this deed, as did also your rulers.
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Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
These times indeed of ignorance God then overlooked; but he now commands all men in every place to repent:
Righteous Father! though the world hath not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Sinful lusts
as obedient children, not conformed to the former passions of the days of your ignorance:
Ignorance of God » Punishment of
in a flame of fire, taking vengeance of them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
being able to feel tenderly for the ignorant and erroneous; forasmuch as he is himself encompassed with infirmity.
And a servant of the Lord ought not to quarrel; but to be gentle to all men, apt to teach, forbearing, with meekness correcting those who are opposers, if at last God may give unto them repentance so as to submit to the conviction of the truth;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Idolatry
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divinity is like to gold, or silver, or stone sculptured by human art or contrivance. These times indeed of ignorance God then overlooked; but he now commands all men in every place to repent:
Ignorance of God » Is no excuse for sin
But he that knew it not, yet did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For of every one to whom much is given, much shall be required from him: and to whom men commit much, they will of him demand abundantly more.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Living in sin
They profess to know God; but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Every one who abideth in him, doth not sin; every one who sinneth hath not seen him, nor known him.
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
And since they thought not fit to hold the Deity in acknowledgment, God abandoned them to a reprobate mind, to practise deeds unbecoming;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Persecuting saints
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Paul
who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and insolently violent, But I was admitted to mercy, for I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Alienation from God
darkened in understanding; alienated from the life of God through the ignorance which is in them; through the blindness of their hearts:
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Gentiles
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
Jesus then answering, said unto them, Ye are in an error, from not knowing the Scriptures, and the power of God.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For as I walked about, and attentively viewed the objects of your worship, I found even an altar on which was this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you in ignorance adore, him I preach unto you.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Not keeping his commands
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and in him the truth is not.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Want of love
He that loveth not, never knew God; for God is love.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Pharaoh
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Jews
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. Then dividing his garments, they cast the lot.
Ignorance of God » Ignorance of Christ is
Then said they to him, Where is thy father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Ignorance of God
in a flame of fire, taking vengeance of them that know not God, and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
