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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Gill's Exposition
Having the understanding darkened,.... Not that the natural faculty of the understanding is lost in men, nor the understanding in things natural and civil, and which is quick enough, especially in…
Barnes' Notes
Having the understanding darkened - That is, because they were alienated from the true God, and particularly because of “the blindness of their hearts.” The apostle does not say that this was a…
Adam Clarke
2. Having the understanding darkened - This is the second instance alleged by the apostle of the degradation of the Gentiles. Having no means of knowledge, the heart, naturally dark, became more and…
The apostle having gone through his exhortation to mutual love, unity, and concord, in the foregoing verses, there follows in these an exhortation to Christian purity and holiness of heart and life,…
Cambridge Bible
having the understanding darkened Lit., haying been darkened in the understanding. On "the understanding" see note above on Eph 2:3 (where A.V., "mind"). The Gr. word may fairly be said to mean the…
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