‘How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
Romans 3:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised There is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God. [Ps. 14:2.] American Standard Version (1901) There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God; Common English Bible “There is no one who understands. ” “There is no one who looks for God. ” Catholic Public Domain Version There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. |
‘How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the Lord.
‘I was sought by those who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that did not call on my name.
The people did not turn to him who struck them; they did not seek the Lord of Armies.
‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from serving as my priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, , yet they do not return to the Lord their God, and for all this, they do not seek him.
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.
And because they did not think it worth while to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
All have turned away; all alike have become worthless. There is no one who does what is good, not even one. ,
The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one #– #that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.