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Ephesians 4

Eph. 4:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who
hostis (Greek #3748)
which some, i.e. any that; also (definite) which same
KJV usage: X and (they), (such) as, (they) that, in that they, what(-soever), whereas ye, (they) which, who(-soever). Compare 3754.
Pronounce: hos'-tis
Origin: ἥτις (hay'-tis), and the neuter ὅτι (hot'-ee) from 3739 and 5100
being past feeling
apalgeo (Greek #524)
to grieve out, i.e. become apathetic
KJV usage: be past feeling.
Pronounce: ap-alg-eh'-o
Origin: from 575 and ἀλγέω (to smart)
have given
paradidomi (Greek #3860)
to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit
KJV usage: betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.
Pronounce: par-ad-id'-o-mee
Origin: from 3844 and 1325
a themselves
heautou (Greek #1438)
him- (her-, it-, them-, also (in conjunction with the personal pronoun of the other persons) my-, thy-, our-, your-) self (selves), etc.
KJV usage: alone, her (own, -self), (he) himself, his (own), itself, one (to) another, our (thine) own(-selves), + that she had, their (own, own selves), (of) them(-selves), they, thyself, you, your (own, own conceits, own selves, -selves).
Pronounce: heh-ow-too'
Origin: from a reflexive pronoun otherwise obsolete and the genitive case (dative case or accusative case) of 846
over
paradidomi (Greek #3860)
to surrender, i.e yield up, intrust, transmit
KJV usage: betray, bring forth, cast, commit, deliver (up), give (over, up), hazard, put in prison, recommend.
Pronounce: par-ad-id'-o-mee
Origin: from 3844 and 1325
unto lasciviousness
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
aselgeia (Greek #766)
licentiousness (sometimes including other vices)
KJV usage: filthy, lasciviousness, wantonness.
Pronounce: as-elg'-i-a
Origin: from a compound of 1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed σελγής (of uncertain derivation, but apparently meaning continent)
, to
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
work
ergasia (Greek #2039)
occupation; by implication, profit, pains
KJV usage: craft, diligence, gain, work.
Pronounce: er-gas-ee'-ah
Origin: from 2040
all
pas (Greek #3956)
apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole
KJV usage: all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
Pronounce: pas
Origin: including all the forms of declension
uncleanness
akatharsia (Greek #167)
impurity (the quality), physically or morally
KJV usage: uncleanness.
Pronounce: ak-ath-ar-see'-ah
Origin: from 169
with
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
greediness
pleonexia (Greek #4124)
avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion
KJV usage: covetous(-ness) practices, greediness.
Pronounce: pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah
Origin: from 4123
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Rom. 1:24,26• 24Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
 26For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature; (Rom. 1:24,26)

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1 Tim. 4:2• 2speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience, (1 Tim. 4:2)
given.
Eph. 4:17• 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, (Eph. 4:17)
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Rom. 1:24‑26• 24Wherefore God gave them up also in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies between themselves:
 25who changed the truth of God into falsehood, and honoured and served the creature more than him who had created it, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
 26For this reason God gave them up to vile lusts; for both their females changed the natural use into that contrary to nature; (Rom. 1:24‑26)
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1 Peter 4:3• 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. (1 Peter 4:3)
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Job 15:16• 16How much less the abominable and corrupt,--man, that drinketh unrighteousness like water! (Job 15:16)
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Isa. 56:11• 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: (Isa. 56:11)
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2 Peter 2:12‑14,22• 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,
 13receiving the reward of unrighteousness; accounting ephemeral indulgence pleasure; spots and blemishes, rioting in their own deceits, feasting with you;
 14having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
 22But that word of the true proverb has happened to them: The dog has turned back to his own vomit; and, The washed sow to her rolling in mud. (2 Peter 2:12‑14,22)
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Jude 11• 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. (Jude 11)
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Rev. 17:1‑6• 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;
 2with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and they that dwell on the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
 3And he carried me away in spirit to a desert; and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
 4And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the unclean things of her fornication;
 5and upon her forehead a name written, Mystery, great Babylon, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.
 6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder. (Rev. 17:1‑6)
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Rev. 18:3• 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. (Rev. 18:3)
• All the excesses of this outward evil were the result of the heart being darkened, and this because it was without God. (“Remarks on Ephesians 4:17-27” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.

W. Kelly Translation

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who, as being past remorse, have given themselves up to lasciviousness unto [the] working of every uncleanness with greediness.