Ephesians 4:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁸ They are darkened in their understanding, being excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded. [They are] alienated (estranged, self-banished) from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the ignorance (the want of knowledge and perception, the willful blindness) that is deep-seated in them, due to their hardness of heart [to the insensitiveness of their moral nature].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ 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;

Common English Bible

¹⁸ and they are in the dark in their reasoning. They are disconnected from God’s life because of their ignorance and their closed hearts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ having their intellect obscured, being alienated from the life of God, through the ignorance that is within them, because of the blindness of their hearts.

Ephesians 4:18 Cross References

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has become dull; with their ears they have barely heard, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn back, and I would heal them.’

Mark 3:5

After looking around at them with anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out yoʋr hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored, as sound as the other.

John 12:40

“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes and understand with their heart and turn back, and I would heal them.”

Acts 17:30

Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Acts 3:17

“Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your rulers also.

Romans 1:28

And just as they considered it worthless to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a worthless mind, to do what is not proper.

Romans 11:25

I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of this mystery, lest you be wise in your own estimation: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the full number of Gentiles has come in,

Romans 11:7

What then? Israel did not obtain what it was seeking. The chosen obtained it, but the rest were hardened,

Romans 2:19

And yoʋ have confidence that yoʋ yoʋrself are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in darkness,

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of our proclamation to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 2:8

None of the rulers of this age understood this wisdom, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

2 Corinthians 3:14

But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains unlifted when the old covenant is read. Only in Christ is this veil taken away.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers like them, so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not dawn upon them.

Galatians 4:8

At that time, however, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods.

Ephesians 2:1

You were dead in the trespasses and sins

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were apart from Christ at that time, excluded from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

Colossians 1:21

At one time you were alienated from God and hostile in your minds because of your evil works. But now he has reconciled you

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

Hebrews 5:2

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.

Hebrews 9:7

But into the second room, the high priest alone entered only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.

James 4:4

Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

1 Peter 1:14

As children of obedience, do not conform yourselves to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

1 John 2:11

But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.