Study it in the app“being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;”
beingὄντεςdarkenedἐσκοτωμένοιin understanding,τῇ διανοίᾳalienatedἀπηλλοτριωμένοιfrom the lifeτῆς ζωῆςof Godτοῦ θεοῦbecause ofδιὰthe ignoranceτὴν ἄγνοιανthat isτὴν οὖσανinἐνthem,αὐτοῖςbecause ofδιὰthe hardnessτὴν πώρωσινof their heart;τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ontes” appearsbe darkened
Be darkened, become dark.
Where else “eskotōmenoi” appearsmind, understanding
Mind, understanding.
Where else “dianoiai” appearsalienate, be estranged
Alienate, cut off; be a stranger to something.
Where else “apēllotriōmenoi” appearseternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēs” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsignorance
Ignorance, not knowing.
Where else “agnoian” appearshardening
Hardness, hardening (of the heart).
Where else “pōrōsin” appearsheart
Heart: the center of the person, where one thinks, feels and decides.
Where else “kardias” appears17This therefore I say and testify in the Lord: that you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 · This verse (above)
19who, having become callous, gave over themselves to debauchery for the practice of every impurity with greed.
1. What it says
What does Paul urge them to do about unity, and how many times does he say "one" (v. 1-6)?
2. What it means
Why do you think Paul contrasts the old way of life with the new, and what specific changes does he name (v. 22-32)?
3. How I live it
Paul writes, "do not let the sun go down on your anger" (v. 26). With whom could you talk calmly today to make something right?
