20 Bible Verses about Ignorance of God
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True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,
With their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the Life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.
For God's will is this--that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.
Awake to a righteous life, and cease to sin. There are some who have no true knowledge of God. I speak in this way to shame you.
"Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.
So as to prevent Satan from taking advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.
though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;
Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,
For, in their ignorance of the Divine Righteousness, and in their eagerness to set up a righteousness of their own, they refused to accept with submission the Divine Righteousness.
For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription--'To an Unknown God.' What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
Brothers, for fear that you should think too highly of yourselves, I want you to recognize the truth, hitherto hidden, that the callousness which has come over Israel is only partial, and will continue only till the whole Gentile world has been gathered in.
But you, dear friends, must never shut your eyes to the fact that, to the Lord, one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
It is the same in all his letters, when he speaks in them about these subjects. There are some things in them difficult to understand, which untaught and weak people distort, just as they do all other writings, to their own Ruin.
For they wilfully shut their eyes to the fact that long ago the heavens existed; and the earth, also--formed out of water and by the action of water, by the fiat of God;
When the Council saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and found that they were uneducated men of humble station, they were surprised, and realized that they had been companions of Jesus.
"Is not the reason of your mistake," answered Jesus, "your ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
And he is able to sympathize with the ignorant and deluded, since he is himself subject to weakness,
And yet, my Brothers, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.
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Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me.
True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,
O righteous Father, though the world did not know thee, I knew thee; and these men knew that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Sinful lusts
And not for the mere gratification of his passions, like the Gentiles who know nothing of God;
Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,
Ignorance of God » Punishment of
Then he will 'inflict punishment upon those who refuse to know God, and upon those who turn a deaf ear' to the Good News of Jesus, our Lord.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Compassionate those in
And he is able to sympathize with the ignorant and deluded, since he is himself subject to weakness,
and a Servant of the Lord should never quarrel. He ought, on the contrary, to be courteous to every one, a skillful teacher, and forbearing. He should instruct his opponents in a gentle spirit; for, possibly, God may give them a repentance that will lead to a fuller knowledge of Truth,
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Idolatry
Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone--a work of human art and imagination. True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,
Ignorance of God » Is no excuse for sin
while one who does not know his master's wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Living in sin
They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.
No one who maintains union with him lives in sin; no one who lives in sin has ever really seen him or learned to know him.
Ignorance of God » The wicked choose
Then, as they would not keep God before their minds, God abandoned them to depraved thoughts, so that they did all kinds of shameful things.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Persecuting saints
But they will do all this to you, because you believe in my Name, for they do not know him who sent me.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » False prophets
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Paul
though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Alienation from God
With their powers of discernment darkened, cut off from the Life of God, owing to the ignorance that prevails among them and to the hardness of their hearts.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Gentiles
Yet formerly, in your ignorance of God, you became slaves to 'gods' which were no gods.
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
"Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.
Ignorance of God » Ministers should » Labor to remove
For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription--'To an Unknown God.' What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Not keeping his commands
The man who says 'I know Jesus,' but does not lay his commands to heart, is a liar, and the Truth has no place in him;
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Want of love
He who does not love has not learned to know God; for God is Love.
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Pharaoh
Ignorance of God » Exemplified » Jews
[Then Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing."] His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.
Ignorance of God » Ignorance of Christ is
"Where is your father, then?" they asked. "You know neither me nor my Father," replied Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have also known my Father."
Punishment of the The Wicked » On account of their » Ignorance of God
Then he will 'inflict punishment upon those who refuse to know God, and upon those who turn a deaf ear' to the Good News of Jesus, our Lord.
