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20 Bible Verses About Unbelievers and Unbelief

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Summary

  • John 3:18 describes those who do not believe as condemned already, one verse after saying God sent his Son to save the world, not to condemn it.
  • In John 3:36 the verb the NIV translates “rejects” is apeitheo, which Strong’s defines as to disobey or refuse to believe.
  • 1 Timothy 2:1-4 asks for prayer for all people, kings included, and says God “wants all people to be saved”.
  • Hebrews 3:12 and Mark 9:24 treat unbelief as something believers themselves can have.
  • 2 Corinthians 6:14 forbids being yoked with unbelievers, while 1 Corinthians 7:12-13 tells a believer already married to an unbeliever not to divorce.

The Bible says that those who do not believe in Christ stand condemned already, and that God wants them to be saved. John 3:18 and 1 Timothy 2:4 state those two things. 2 Corinthians 4:4 speaks of minds blinded by “the god of this age”, and Mark 9:24 shows unbelief inside a believer. Letters to the churches tell Christians how to live among unbelievers (1 Peter 2:12) and what a believer already married to one should do (1 Corinthians 7:12-13).…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 544, ἀπειθέω (apeitheo): to disobey, be disobedient, refuse to believe. biblehub.com/greek/544

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