KJV ORIGINAL
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:
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Their minds are completely in the dark, cut off from God's life because they don't know what they don't know, and their hearts have gone blind to the truth.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When your heart closes off, your whole world goes dark.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Ephesus, a major city in Asia Minor, to address believers who had once lived in spiritual darkness as pagans. He explains how their minds were darkened and they were separated from God due to ignorance and a hardened heart. This verse is embedded in a passage urging Christians to put away their old ways and embrace their new identity in Christ.
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