Ephesians

Ephesians 4:19–20

¹⁹Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.

²⁰But this is not the way you came to know Christ.

Word by word

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Having lost all sense of shame	ἀπηλγηκότες	apēlgēkotes	Verb - Perfect Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural	G524 I am past feeling, cease to care, become callous
have given themselves over	παρέδωκαν	paredōkan	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural	G3860 I hand over, deliver, betray
to	τῇ	tē	Article - Dative Feminine Singular	G3588 the
sensuality	ἀσελγείᾳ	aselgeia	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G766 wantonness, lewdness
for	εἰς	eis	Preposition	G1519 into, in, among, till, for
practice	ἐργασίαν	ergasian	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2039 working, activity, trade, performance
of every kind	πάσης	pasēs	Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of
of impurity	ἀκαθαρσίας	akatharsias	Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular	G167 uncleanness, impurity
with	ἐν	en	Preposition	G1722 in, on, among
a craving for more	πλεονεξίᾳ	pleonexia	Noun - Dative Feminine Singular	G4124 covetousness, avarice

English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
this is not the way	οὕτως	houtōs	Adverb	G3779 thus, so, in this manner
you	Ὑμεῖς	Hymeis	Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural	G4771 you
came to know	ἐμάθετε	emathete	Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural	G3129 I learn, ascertain
Christ	Χριστόν	Christon	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G5547 anointed, the Messiah, the Christ

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Ephesians 4:19 Colossians 3:5 · Romans 1:24–26 · 1 Timothy 4:2 · Jude 1:11 · 1 Peter 4:3 · 2 Peter 2:12–14 · Revelation 18:3 · Isaiah 56:11 · 2 Peter 2:22 · Ephesians 4:17

Ephesians 4:20 Titus 2:11–14 · John 6:45 · Matthew 11:29 · 1 John 2:27 · 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 · Luke 24:47 · Romans 6:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.