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 Living Translation (NLT)They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of impurity.

Context of Ephesians 4:19

17This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20But you have not so learned Christ, 21if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whoὅστιςhostis hētis ho6ti · who/whichG3748
• being past feelingἀπαλγέωapalgeō · to become callousG524
• have givenπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• themselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• unto lasciviousnessὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• unto lasciviousnessἀσέλγειαaselgeia · debaucheryG766
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• workἐργασίαergasia · workG2039
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• uncleannessἀκαθαρσίαakatharsia · impurityG167
• withἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• greedinessπλεονεξίαpleonexia · greedinessG4124

Cross-references for Ephesians 4:19

• 1 Timothy 4:2speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,
• Ephesians 4:17This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
• Romans 1:24Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves,
• 1 Peter 4:3For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.
• Job 15:16How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!
• Isaiah 56:11Yes, they are greedy dogs Which never have enough. And they are shepherds Who cannot understand; They all look to their own way, Every one for his own gain, From his own territory.
• 2 Peter 2:12But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of the things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption,
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
• Revelation 17:1Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,
• Revelation 18:3For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich through the abundance 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