Eph 4:19 | RWP | e4.org | Being past feeling ( απηλγηκοτες ). Perfect active participle of απαλγεω , old word to cease to feel pain, only here in N.T. To lasciviousness ( τη ασελγεια ). Unbridled lust as in ; . To work all uncleanness ( εις εργασιαν ακαθαρσιας πασης ). Perhaps prostitution, "for a trading (or work) in all uncleanness." Certainly Corinth and Ephesus could qualify for this charge. With greediness ( εν πλεονεξια ). From πλεονεκτης , one who always wants more whether money or sexual indulgence as here. The two vices are often connected in the N.T.

‏ Ephesians 4:19

Being past feeling ( απηλγηκοτες ). Perfect active participle of απαλγεω, old word to cease to feel pain, only here in N.T.

To lasciviousness ( τη ασελγεια ). Unbridled lust as in 2Co 12:21; Ga 5:19.

To work all uncleanness ( εις εργασιαν ακαθαρσιας πασης ). Perhaps prostitution, "for a trading (or work) in all uncleanness." Certainly Corinth and Ephesus could qualify for this charge.

With greediness ( εν πλεονεξια ). From πλεονεκτης, one who always wants more whether money or sexual indulgence as here. The two vices are often connected in the N.T.