19 Bible Verses about Ignorance of God
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Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,
their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.
Get back to your sober senses and avoid sin, for some of you ??and I say this to your shame ??some of you are insensible to God.
Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;
Be obedient children, instead of moulding yourselves to the passions that once ruled the days of your ignorance;
They would not surrender to the righteousness of God, because they were ignorant of his righteousness and therefore essayed to set up a righteousness of their own.
For the 'foolishness' of God is wiser than men, and the 'weakness' of God is stronger than men.
Why, as I passed along and scanned your objects of worship, I actually came upon an altar with the inscription TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Well, I proclaim to you what you worship in your ignorance.
Shut your mind against foolish, popular controversy; be sure that only breeds strife.
To prevent you from being self-conceited, brothers, I would like you to understand this secret: it is only a partial insensibility that has come over Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles come in.
Beloved, you must not ignore this one fact, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a single day.
speaking of this as he has done in all his letters ??letters containing some knotty points, which ignorant and unsteady souls twist (as they do the rest of the scriptures) to their own destruction.
They wilfully ignore the fact that heavens existed long ago, and an earth which the word of God formed of water and by water.
They were astonished to notice how outspoken Peter and John were, and to discover that they were uncultured persons and mere outsiders; they recognized them as having been companions of Jesus,
Jesus said to them, "Is this not where you go wrong? ??you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
can deal gently with those who err through ignorance, since he himself is beset with weakness ??3 which obliges him to present offerings for his own sins as well as for those of the People.
Now I know, brothers, that you acted in ignorance, like your rulers ??18 though this was how God fulfilled what he had announced beforehand by the lips of all the prophets, namely the sufferings of his Christ.
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Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.
Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,
O just Father, though the world has not known thee, I have known thee, and they have known that thou hast sent me;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Sinful lusts
not to gratify sensual passion like the Gentiles in their ignorance of God ??6 no one is to defraud or overreach his brother in this matter, for the Lord avenges all these sins, as we told you already in our solemn protest against them.
Be obedient children, instead of moulding yourselves to the passions that once ruled the days of your ignorance;
Ignorance of God » Punishment of
in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
can deal gently with those who err through ignorance, since he himself is beset with weakness ??3 which obliges him to present offerings for his own sins as well as for those of the People.
And the Lord's servant must not be a man of strife; he must be kind to everybody, a skilled teacher, a man who will not resent injuries; he must be gentle in his admonitions to the opposition ??God may perhaps let them change their mind and admit the Truth;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Idolatry
Well, as the race of God, we ought not to imagine that the divine nature resembles gold or silver or stone, the product of human art and invention. Such ages of ignorance God overlooked, but he now charges men that they are all everywhere to repent,
Ignorance of God » Is no excuse for sin
whereas he who was ignorant and did what deserves a beating, will receive few lashes. He who has much given him will have much required from him, and he who has much entrusted to him will have all the more demanded of him.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Living in sin
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for good work of any kind.
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
Yes, as they disdained to acknowledge God any longer, God has given them up to a reprobate instinct, for the perpetration of what is improper,
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Persecuting saints
They will do all this to you on account of my name, because they know not him who sent me.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Paul
though I had formerly been a blasphemer and a persecutor and a wanton aggressor. I obtained mercy because in my unbelief I had acted out of ignorance;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Alienation from God
their intelligence is darkened, they are estranged from the life of God by the ignorance which their dulness of heart has produced in them ??19 men who have recklessly abandoned themselves to sensuality, with a lust for the business of impurity in every shape and form.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Gentiles
In those days, when you were ignorant of God, you were in servitude to gods who are really no gods at all;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
Jesus answered them, "You go wrong because you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
Why, as I passed along and scanned your objects of worship, I actually came upon an altar with the inscription TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Well, I proclaim to you what you worship in your ignorance.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Not keeping his commands
He who says, 'I know him,' but does not obey his commands, is a liar and the truth is not in him;
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Want of love
he who does not love, does not know God, for God is love.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Pharaoh
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Jews
Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.
Ignorance of God » Ignorance of Christ is
"Where is your Father?" they said. Jesus replied, "You know neither me nor my Father; if you had known me you would have known my Father also."
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Ignorance of God
in flaming fire, to inflict punishment on those who ignore God, even on those who refuse obedience to the gospel of our Lord Jesus,
