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They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity. <a href="/esv/ephesians/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. <a href="/bsb/ephesians/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more. <a href="/blb/ephesians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who, having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to sensuality for the working of all impurity, with greediness for more. <a href="/kjv/ephesians/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/nkjv/ephesians/4.htm">New King James Version</a> who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/nasb_/ephesians/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. <a href="/nasb/ephesians/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. <a href="/nasb77/ephesians/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. <a href="/lsb/ephesians/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. <a href="/amp/ephesians/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> And they, [the ungodly in their spiritual apathy], having become callous and unfeeling, have given themselves over [as prey] to unbridled sensuality, eagerly craving the practice of every kind of impurity [that their desires may demand]. <a href="/csb/ephesians/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more. <a href="/hcsb/ephesians/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more. <a href="/asv/ephesians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/cev/ephesians/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and they are so greedy they do all kinds of indecent things. <a href="/erv/ephesians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> who being past feeling gave themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/gwt/ephesians/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Since they no longer have any sense of shame, they have become promiscuous. They practice every kind of sexual perversion with a constant desire for more. <a href="/gnt/ephesians/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint. <a href="/isv/ephesians/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Since they have lost all sense of shame, they have abandoned themselves to sensuality and practice every kind of sexual perversion without restraint. <a href="/msb/ephesians/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more. <a href="/net/ephesians/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. <a href="/nheb/ephesians/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> who having become callous gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/wbt/ephesians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/wey/ephesians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy. <a href="/web/ephesians/4.htm">World English Bible</a> They, having become callous, gave themselves up to lust, to work all uncleanness with greediness. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ephesians/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> who, having ceased to feel, gave themselves up to the licentiousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness; <a href="/blb/ephesians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> who, having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to sensuality for the working of all impurity, with greediness for more. <a href="/ylt/ephesians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness; <a href="/slt/ephesians/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Who no longer having had feeling delivered themselves to licentiousness, to the work of all uncleanness in overreaching.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ephesians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who despairing, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto the working of all uncleanness, unto covetousness. <a href="/cpdv/ephesians/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Such as these, despairing, have given themselves over to sexual immorality, carrying out every impurity with rapacity. <a href="/nabre/ephesians/4.htm">New American Bible</a> they have become callous and have handed themselves over to licentiousness for the practice of every kind of impurity to excess. <a href="/nrsvce/ephesians/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> They have lost all sensitivity and have abandoned themselves to licentiousness, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ephesians/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And who have given up their hope, and have surrendered themselves to wantonness, and to the practice of all uncleanness in their covetousness. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/ephesians/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Those who have cut off their hope and handed themselves over to lewdness and to the cultivation of every impurity in their lust.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/ephesians/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to licentiousness, that they may work all manner of uncleanness with greediness.<CM> <a href="/godbey/ephesians/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> who being past feeling have given themselves up to debauchery, unto the working of all impurity with greediness. <a href="/haweis/ephesians/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> who insensible to remorse, have delivered themselves over in lasciviousness, to the practice of all impurity, with insatiable avidity. <a href="/mace/ephesians/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> who without remorse, have abandon'd themselves to brutality, in gratifying every lewd unnatural passion. <a href="/wey/ephesians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Such men being past feeling have abandoned themselves to impurity, greedily indulging in every kind of profligacy. <a href="/worrell/ephesians/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> who, indeed, having become without feeling, delivered themselves up to lasciviousness for the working of all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/worsley/ephesians/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> who, being past feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to commit all uncleanness with greediness. <a href="/parallel/ephesians/4-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AfeSHen3sAQ?start=716" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ephesians/4.htm">New Life in Christ </a> …18They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. 19<a href="/greek/524.htm" title="524: apēlgēkotes (V-RPA-NMP) -- From apo and algeo; to grieve out, i.e. Become apathetic.">Having lost all sense of shame,</a> <a href="/greek/3748.htm" title="3748: hoitines (RelPro-NMP) -- Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. ">they</a> <a href="/greek/3860.htm" title="3860: paredōkan (V-AIA-3P) -- From para and didomi; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit.">have given themselves over</a> <a href="/greek/1438.htm" title="1438: heautous (RefPro-AM3P) -- Himself, herself, itself. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">to</a> <a href="/greek/766.htm" title="766: aselgeia (N-DFS) -- From a compound of a and a presumed selges; licentiousness.">sensuality</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.">for</a> <a href="/greek/2039.htm" title="2039: ergasian (N-AFS) -- From ergates; occupation; by implication, profit, pains.">the practice</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pasēs (Adj-GFS) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of every kind</a> <a href="/greek/167.htm" title="167: akatharsias (N-GFS) -- Uncleanness, impurity. From akathartos; impurity, physically or morally.">of impurity,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">with</a> <a href="/greek/4124.htm" title="4124: pleonexia (N-DFS) -- Covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. From pleonektes; avarice, i.e. fraudulency, extortion.">a craving for more.</a> 20But this is not the way you came to know Christ.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-28</a> Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ... <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-7</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / When you lived among them, you also used to walk in these ways. <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3-4</a> For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry. / Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:3-5</a> For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; <a href="/2_peter/2-14.htm">2 Peter 2:14-15</a> Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed. / They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-11</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. / And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... <a href="/titus/3-3.htm">Titus 3:3</a> For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a> But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. <a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11-12</a> Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain: / “Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!” <a href="/jeremiah/6-13.htm">Jeremiah 6:13-15</a> “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit. / They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all. / Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a> Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen. <a href="/proverbs/30-15.htm">Proverbs 30:15-16</a> The leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: / Sheol, the barren womb, land never satisfied with water, and fire that never says, ‘Enough!’ <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10-11</a> They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves / to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.past.<a href="/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2</a> Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;given.<a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17</a> This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,<a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-26</a> Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: … <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a> For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:with.<a href="/job/15-16.htm">Job 15:16</a> How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?<a href="/isaiah/56-11.htm">Isaiah 56:11</a> Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.<a href="/2_peter/2-12.htm">2 Peter 2:12-14,22</a> But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/4-9.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/acts/28-27.htm">Callous</a> <a href="/galatians/4-30.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/galatians/5-11.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-13.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-29.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Greedily</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">Greediness</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">Greedy</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Indulging</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-9.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Lust</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">Overmuch</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-3.htm">Passions</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-9.htm">Past</a> <a href="/galatians/5-21.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/acts/18-14.htm">Profligacy</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Sensuality</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-11.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-12.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-16.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_peter/2-10.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/psalms/17-10.htm">Callous</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-19.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/colossians/1-9.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-1.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-22.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/philippians/1-20.htm">Feel</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Greedily</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Greediness</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-3.htm">Greedy</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">Indulging</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-31.htm">Kind</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-5.htm">Lust</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Overmuch</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Passions</a> <a href="/philippians/3-13.htm">Past</a> <a href="/philippians/4-9.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/titus/1-6.htm">Profligacy</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Sensuality</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-6.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm">Work</a> <a href="/ephesians/4-28.htm">Working</a><div class="vheading2">Ephesians 4</div>1. <a href="/ephesians/4-1.htm">He exhorts to unity;</a> 7. <a href="/ephesians/4-7.htm">and declares that God therefore gives various gifts unto men;</a> 11. <a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm">that his church might be edified,</a> 16. <a href="/ephesians/4-16.htm">and grow up in Christ.</a> 18. <a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">He calls them from the impurity of the Gentiles;</a> 24. <a href="/ephesians/4-24.htm">to put on the new man;</a> 25. <a href="/ephesians/4-25.htm">to cast off lying;</a> 29. <a href="/ephesians/4-29.htm">and corrupt communication.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical context, shame is often associated with the awareness of sin and the conviction of wrongdoing. The loss of shame suggests a seared conscience, as described in <a href="/1_timothy/4-2.htm">1 Timothy 4:2</a>, where individuals become desensitized to sin. This condition reflects the state of the Gentiles in Ephesus, who were immersed in pagan practices and idolatry, leading to a hardened heart (<a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a>). The cultural context of Ephesus, a city known for its temple to Artemis and associated immoral practices, provides a backdrop for understanding this moral decay.they have given themselves over to sensuality The act of giving oneself over implies a deliberate choice to pursue a lifestyle contrary to God's standards. Sensuality, in this context, refers to unrestrained indulgence in physical pleasures, often linked to sexual immorality. This behavior is condemned throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a>, where sensuality is listed among the works of the flesh. The historical context of Ephesus, with its rampant sexual immorality and temple prostitution, highlights the challenge early Christians faced in maintaining purity.for the practice of every kind of impurity This phrase underscores the extent of moral corruption, encompassing various forms of impurity. In biblical terms, impurity often relates to sexual sins but can also include other moral and ethical violations. <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-32</a> provides a parallel description of humanity's descent into impurity when they reject God. The use of "every kind" suggests a comprehensive abandonment to sin, reflecting the pervasive influence of pagan culture in Ephesus.with a craving for more The insatiable desire for more impurity indicates a deep spiritual void. This craving is reminiscent of the addictive nature of sin, where satisfaction is never truly attained, leading to a continual pursuit of greater depravity. <a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a> describes how desire, when conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when fully grown, brings forth death. This cycle of sin and craving highlights the need for redemption and transformation through Christ, who offers true fulfillment and freedom from the bondage of sin (<a href="/john/8-36.htm">John 8:36</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of the letter to the Ephesians, Paul is writing to the church in Ephesus to instruct and encourage them in their faith. 2. <a href="/topical/e/ephesus.htm">Ephesus</a> A major city in Asia Minor, known for its diverse culture and the Temple of Artemis. It was a hub of commerce and pagan worship, which presented challenges for the early Christians living there. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_ephesian_church.htm">The Ephesian Church</a> The recipients of Paul's letter, this early Christian community faced pressures from both Jewish and pagan influences, requiring guidance on how to live a life set apart for Christ.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_sensuality_and_impurity.htm">Understanding Sensuality and Impurity</a> The Greek word for "sensuality" (aselgeia) implies a lack of restraint and a shameless indulgence in sinful practices. Christians are called to recognize and avoid such behaviors. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_desensitization.htm">The Danger of Desensitization</a> "Having lost all sense of shame" indicates a seared conscience. Believers must guard their hearts and minds to remain sensitive to the Holy Spirit's conviction. <a href="/topical/t/the_cycle_of_sinful_craving.htm">The Cycle of Sinful Craving</a> The phrase "with a craving for more" highlights the insatiable nature of sin. True satisfaction is found only in Christ, not in the endless pursuit of worldly pleasures. <a href="/topical/l/living_a_transformed_life.htm">Living a Transformed Life</a> Paul contrasts the old way of life with the new life in Christ. Believers are encouraged to put off the old self and embrace the new, living in holiness and righteousness. <a href="/topical/c/community_accountability.htm">Community Accountability</a> The church community plays a vital role in encouraging one another to live according to God's standards, providing support and accountability.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ephesians_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ephesians 4</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_sensuality.htm">What does the Bible say about sensuality?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_lasciviousness_mean.htm">What does lasciviousness mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_reprobate_mind.htm">What defines a reprobate mind?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_wide_gate_to_destruction.htm">What signifies the wide gate leading to destruction?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ephesians/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) Who being past feeling . . .--We note that St. Paul, passing lightly over the intellectual loss, dwells on the moral with intense and terrible emphasis. They are (he says) "past feeling"; or, literally, carrying on the metaphor of callousness, they have lost the capacity of pain--the moral pain which is the natural and healthful consequence of sin against our true natures. Consequently, losing in this their true humanity, they give themselves over to "lasciviousness." The word used here (as also in <a href="/mark/7-22.htm" title="Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:">Mark 7:22</a>; <a href="/romans/13-13.htm" title="Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.">Romans 13:13</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/12-21.htm" title="And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.">2Corinthians 12:21</a>; <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm" title="Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,">Galatians 5:19</a>) signifies a lust devoid of all sense of decency, recklessly and grossly animal. Hence its result is not only to work out uncleanness of every kind, but to do so "with greediness," with a reckless delight in foulness for its own sake. The union of this brutality of sensual sin with intellectual acuteness and aesthetic culture was the most horrible feature of that corrupt Greek civilisation, tainted with Oriental grossness, of which he was especially writing.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ephesians/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - Who being past feeling. Without sense of shame, without conscience, without fear of God or regard for man, without any perception of the dignity of human nature, the glory of the Divine image, or the degradation of sin. Have given themselves over to lasciviousness to work all uncleanness (fourth point of difference). This is the climax - heathenism in its worst and fullest development, yet by no means rare. The sensuality of the heathen was and is something dreadful. Many of them gave themselves to it as a business, worked at it as at a trade or employment (see Uhlmann's 'Conflict of Christianity with Heathenism,' etc.). Details, such as even the walls of Pompeii furnish, are unfit for the public eye. With greediness, Πλεονεξία means the desire of having more, and has reference to the insatiable character of sensual sins. Sometimes it is translated (A.V.) "covetousness," as <a href="/ephesians/5-3.htm">Ephesians 5:3</a>. <a href="/commentaries/ephesians/4-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Having lost all sense of shame, ἀπηλγηκότες (apēlgēkotes) Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_524.htm">Strong's 524: </a> From apo and algeo; to grieve out, i.e. Become apathetic. [they] οἵτινες (hoitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3748.htm">Strong's 3748: </a> Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. have given themselves over παρέδωκαν (paredōkan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3860.htm">Strong's 3860: </a> From para and didomi; to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit. to τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. sensuality ἀσελγείᾳ (aselgeia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_766.htm">Strong's 766: </a> From a compound of a and a presumed selges; licentiousness. for εἰς (eis) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1519.htm">Strong's 1519: </a> A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases. [the] practice ἐργασίαν (ergasian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2039.htm">Strong's 2039: </a> From ergates; occupation; by implication, profit, pains. of every kind πάσης (pasēs) Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. of impurity, ἀκαθαρσίας (akatharsias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_167.htm">Strong's 167: </a> Uncleanness, impurity. From akathartos; impurity, physically or morally. with ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. a craving for more. πλεονεξίᾳ (pleonexia) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4124.htm">Strong's 4124: </a> Covetousness, avarice, aggression, desire for advantage. 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