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20 Bible Verses About Confusion

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Summary

  • Genesis 11:9 names Babel after the Lord confused the language of its builders, who were then dispersed, the outcome they had built the tower to prevent.
  • In 1 Corinthians 14:33 confusion (akatastasia) means disorder in worship, and Paul’s answer is speakers taking turns.
  • James 1:5 promises wisdom to anyone who asks God in faith, and James 1:8 calls the doubter “unstable”, using the adjective related to Paul’s word for confusion.
  • In 2 Corinthians 4:8 Paul admits being at a loss and denies being utterly at a loss, using a Greek verb and then its stronger compound.
  • Colossians 2:8, Ephesians 4:14 and 1 John 4:1 treat some confusion as the work of deceptive teaching and tell believers to test what they hear.

In the Bible, confusion is either disorder or the perplexity of a believer who cannot make sense of events. God sends the first on Babel, and Paul keeps it out of worship. Asaph, Job and Paul admit to the second (Psalm 73:16-17; Job 42:3; 2 Corinthians 4:8), and James 1:5 tells anyone who lacks wisdom to ask God for it. The Greek word for confusion in 1 Corinthians 14:33 is akatastasia, disorder or instability. James uses the same noun for…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 1101, בָּלַל (balal): to mix, mingle, confound; used in Genesis 11:9. biblehub.com/hebrew/1101

Strong’s Greek 181, ἀκαταστασία (akatastasia): instability, disorder, confusion; used in 1 Corinthians 14:33 and James 3:16. biblehub.com/greek/181

Strong’s Greek 182, ἀκατάστατος (akatastatos): unstable, restless; used in James 1:8. biblehub.com/greek/182

Strong’s Greek 639, ἀπορέω (aporeo): to be perplexed, to be at a loss; used in 2 Corinthians 4:8. biblehub.com/greek/639

Strong’s Greek 1820, ἐξαπορέομαι (exaporeomai): to be utterly at a loss, to despair; used in 2 Corinthians 4:8. biblehub.com/greek/1820

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