Ephesians 4:18

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ESV	They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.
NIV	They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
NLT	Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
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:

^{Ephesians 4:17 ← Ephesians 4:18 → Ephesians 4:19}

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