Ephesians 4:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.”
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“They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:”
King James Version · Public Domain“being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ephesians 4:18 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 11:16the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
- Psalms 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
- Isaiah 46:5To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
- Ezekiel 14:5so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
- Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
- Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
- Mark 3:5Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
- Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
- Acts 26:17I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them
- Romans 1:21For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Romans 2:19if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those in darkness,
- Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Romans 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- 1 Corinthians 1:21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
- 2 Corinthians 3:14But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Galatians 4:8Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
- Ephesians 2:12remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Colossians 1:21Once you were alienated from God and were hostile in your minds, engaging in evil deeds.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
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