No thats not what it means. God says i NEVER knew you meaning they never believed the true gospel these were people relying on their mighty works and didnt do the will of the father which is to believe on the one he sent. They knew about Jesus and the cross probably even said they believed but mixed grace and works for salvation which is unbelief. Like saying I trust Jesus alone his grace is enough but i still have to be good as well to go to heaven see the contradiction? They are called workers of iniquity bc they do not have God's imputed righteousness and are workers of iniquity like all unsaved people like all flesh. Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God you need to be born again
there are workers of iniquity but highly doubt the confused are among them
God saw redemption even in Saul as he was busy persecuting believers
you draw lines not drawn by God it seems and come to fast conclusions you may have trouble living up to yourself as your life continues
people do have confusion over works and salvation and some just really want to please God
they may not necessarily be counting on good behavior so much as someone with a proper interpretation
but like I said, I am sure you might enjoy the OSAS 3000 thread...but it's getting closer to 4000 and still unresolved...as long as you can put up with others expressing the same thoughts possibly in a better way
'not by works' which I have no problem with but I can't get my head around 3500 + pages of the same people saying the same things LOL!