17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should ano longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind,
18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the ablindness of their heart;
19awho, being past feeling, bhave given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather alet him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something bto give him who has need.
29aLet no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but bwhat is good for necessary edification, cthat it may impart grace to the hearers.
30 And ado not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31aLet all bitterness, wrath, anger,1 clamor, and bevil speaking be put away from you, cwith all malice.
32 And abe kind to one another, tenderhearted, bforgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
Being past feeling (aphlghkotev). Perfect active participle of apalgew, old word to cease to feel pain, only here in N.T.
To lasciviousness (th aselgeiai). Unbridled lust as in II Corinthians 12:21; Galatians 5:19.
To work all uncleanness (eiv ergasian akaqarsiav pashv). Perhaps prostitution, "for a trading (or work) in all uncleanness." Certainly Corinth and Ephesus could qualify for this charge.
With greediness (en pleoneciai). From pleonekthv, one who always wants more whether money or sexual indulgence as here. The two vices are often connected in the N.T.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Ephesians 4:19:
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