...in the vanity of their mind, having tho understanding darkened, being alienated from tho life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of...who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lascivionanoes, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ ; if...

...righteousness and holiness, with all impressions of sin, which are these, Eph. iv. 18, Having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life...that is in them, because :of the blindness of their minds:, ver. 19, Who being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all...

...views of God, nor of himself; " But the understanding is darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their hearts." Righteousness and holiness are lost by rebellion, and instead of those heavenly endowments...

...neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned* And elsewhere he assigns the reason; Having the understanding darkened being alienated...is in them because of the blindness of their heart, § To suppose therefore, that characters of this description, should make the./fn-/ advances in the...

...night, nor of darkness." The Ephesians are required to " walk, not as other Gentiles walk, having (he understanding darkened, being alienated from the life...in them, because of the blindness of their heart." "Ye were sometimes darkness," saith the Apostle, " but now are ye light in the Lord." And in similar...

...walk no more as other unconverted men, in the vanity of their minds, alienated/ram the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart, but as a child of light reprove the works of darkness, and testify against the world that its deeds...

...excuse for the neglcct of all duty. Such is the turning of things upside down, among fallen men. " Having the understanding darkened, being alienated...is in them because of the blindness of their heart ;" is a description of mankind, applicable more extensively than to the heathen Gentiles. A brief application...

...a state of sin and misery, in which all men are mvolved, ever since the sin of oar first parents " having the understanding darkened, being alienated...in them, because of the blindness of their heart," Eph. iv. 18. For we are brought to such a pass, that we are wholly excluded from the savingcommuuion...

...Christ." Formerly, " They had their un> " derstandings darkened, being alienated from the life of God, " through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness " of their minds." Here the line of distinction is formed between the ungodly and souls that have entered upon...

...testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind : 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated...is in them, because of the blindness of their heart : 19 Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness...