that have understanding darkened with darknesses, and be alienated [or made far] from the life of God, by ignorance that is in them, for the blindness of their heart.
Forsooth when his heart was raised [up], and his spirit was made obstinate in pride, he was put down off the seat of his realm; and his glory was taken away,
for the heart of this people is greatly fatted, and they heard heavily with ears, and they have closed their eyes, lest sometime they see with eyes, and with ears hear, and under-stand in heart, and they be converted, and I heal them.
And he beheld them about with wrath, and had sorrow on the blind-ness of their heart, and saith to the man, Hold forth thine hand. And he held forth, and his hand was restored to him.
He hath blinded their eyes, and hath made hard the heart of them, that they see not with eyes, and understand [not] with heart; and that they be converted, and I heal them.
But, brethren, I will not, that ye not know this mystery, that ye be not wise to yourselves; for blindness hath fallen a part in Israel, till that the plenty of heathen men entered,
For the world, in wisdom of God, knew not God by wisdom, [or For why for in the wisdom of God, the world knew not God by wisdom], it pleased to God, by [the] folly of preaching, to make them safe that believed.
But the wits of them be astonied; for into this day the same veil in [the] reading of the old testament, dwelleth not showed, for it is voided in Christ,
in which [the] god of this world, that is, the devil, hath blinded the souls of unfaithful men, that the enlightening [or the lighting] of the gospel of the glory of Christ, which is the image of God, shine not.
and ye were in that time without Christ, alienated [or strangers] from the living of Israel, and guests of the testaments, not having hope of promise, and without God in this world.
Adulterers, know not ye, that the friendship of this world is enemy [or enmity] to God? Therefore whoever will be the friend of this world, is made the enemy of God.