Ephesians 4:18 KJV

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:

Matthew Henry

To purity and holinessThe apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted...

Thompson Chains

Spir. DarknessSee the chain from Isaiah 9:2 · 6 links
EstrangementLast of 5 links
Spir. IgnoranceSee the chain from Isaiah 1:3 · 5 links

Cross References

Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Romans 1:21–23 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. …
Colossians 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
1 Thessalonians 4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
Galatians 4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
John 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Romans 8:7–8 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. …
Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
1 John 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Psalms 74:20 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
Isaiah 46:5–8 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? …
Daniel 5:20 But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Mark 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Romans 2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
1 Corinthians 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
2 Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 65 · The Epistle to the Ephesians

Bible Dictionary

God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Greek and Strong’s

Having the understanding τῇ tē Article · dative feminine singular διανοίᾳ dianoia διάνοια Noun · dative feminine singular
darkened Ἐσκοτισμένοι Eskotismenoi σκοτίζω Verb · perfect passive participle, nominative masculine plural
being ὄντες ontes Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine plural ὤν ṓn
alienated ἀπηλλοτριωμένοι apēllotriōmenoi ἀπαλλοτριόω Verb · perfect passive participle, nominative masculine plural
from the life τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular ζωῆς zōēs ζωή Noun · genitive feminine singular
of God τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular Θεοῦ Theou θεός Noun · genitive masculine singular
through διὰ dia διά Preposition
the ignorance τὴν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular ἄγνοιαν agnoian ἄγνοια Noun · accusative feminine singular
that is τὴν tēn Pronoun · accusative feminine singular οὖσαν ousan Verb · present active participle, accusative feminine singular ὤν ṓn
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
them αὐτοῖς autois αὐτός Pronoun · third person, dative neuter plural
because διὰ dia διά Preposition
of the blindness τὴν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular πώρωσιν pōrōsin πώρωσις Noun · accusative feminine singular
of their αὐτῶν autōn αὐτός Pronoun · third person, genitive neuter plural
heart τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular καρδίας kardias καρδία Noun · genitive feminine singular

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