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Berean Standard Bible

“They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.”

Ephesians 4:18

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In Ephesians 4 Paul urges readers to walk worthily of their calling and no longer to live like the Gentiles in their futile thinking. He describes what the old life looks like from the inside.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

World English Bible (WEB)

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

King James Version (KJV)

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:

American Standard Version (ASV)

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Whose thoughts are dark, to whom the life of God is strange because they are without knowledge, and their hearts have been made hard;

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

being darkened in the understanding, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart,

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Teniendo el entendimiento entenebrecido, ajenos de la vida de Dios por la ignorancia que en ellos hay, por la dureza de su corazón:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Ellos tienen nublada la mente y desconocen la vida que viene de Dios. Esto se debe a que son ignorantes y han endurecido su corazón.

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