Ephesians 4:19

Ephesians 4:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
• New International Version (NIV)Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Context of Ephesians 4:19

17This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind, 18being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts, who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust. 20But ye have not thus learnt the Christ, 21if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;

Ephesians 4:19 word by word

οἵτινες ἀπηλγηκότες ἑαυτοὺς παρέδωκαν τῇ ἀσελγείᾳ εἰς ἐργασίαν ἀκαθαρσίας πάσης ἐν πλεονεξίᾳ.¶Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:19

• 1 Timothy 4:2speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
• Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
• Romans 1:24Wherefore God gave them up [also] in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
• 1 Peter 4:3For the time past [is] sufficient [for us] to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.
• Job 15:16How much less the abominable and corrupt, — man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water!
• Isaiah 56:11and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:
• 2 Peter 2:12But these, as natural animals without reason, made to be caught and destroyed, speaking injuriously in things they are ignorant of, shall also perish in their own corruption,
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
• Revelation 17:1And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;
• Revelation 18:3because all the nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication; and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have been enriched through the might of her luxury.

Commentaries on Ephesians 4:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 195. Who being past feeling - . The verb signifies, To throw off all sense of shame, and to be utterly devoid of pain, for committing unrighteous acts. To be desperate, having neither hope nor desire of reformation; in a word, to be without remorse, and to be utterly regardless of conduct, character, or final blessedness. Instead of , several excellent MSS. and versions have , being without hope; that is, persons who, from their manner of life in this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Who being past feeling - Wholly hardened in sin. There is a total want of all emotion on moral subjects. This is an accurate description of the state of a sinner. He has no “feeling,” no emotion. He often gives an intellectual assent to the truth, But it is without emotion of any kind. The heart is insensible as the hard rock. Have given themselves over - They have done it voluntarily. In Romans 1:24, it is said that “God gave them up.” There is no…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The apostle charged the Ephesians in the name and by the authority of the Lord Jesus, that having professed the gospel, they should not be as the unconverted Gentiles, who walked in vain fancies and carnal affections. Do not men, on every side, walk in the vanity of their minds? Must not we then urge the distinction between real and nominal Christians? They were void of all saving knowledge; they sat in darkness, and loved it rather than…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Having lost all sense of shame: Unbelievers have hard hearts, meaning they no longer listen to God's guidance. As a result, they lose the ability to know right from wrong. They do not feel guilty about doing sinful things, including sexual immorality (see Romans 1:21–31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. past feeling--senseless, shameless, hopeless; the ultimate result of a long process of "hardening," or habit of sin (Ep 4:18). "Being past hope," or despairing, is the reading of the Vulgate; though not so well supported as English Version reading, "past feeling," which includes the absence of hope (Jr 2:25; 18:12). given themselves over--In Ro 1:24 it is, "God gave them up to uncleanness." Their giving themselves to it was punished in kind, God…Read the comment

Topics related to Ephesians 4:19

• Adultery
• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Character
• Conscience
• Depravity of Man
• Gentiles
• Ignorance
• Lasciviousness
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Bitterness
• Compact
• Dark
• Forbear
• Grieve
• Lasciviousness
• Lowliness
• Renew
• Sin
• Steal

Commentaries on Ephesians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings