Ephesians 4:20

Being past feeling. Or, “having become insensible.”

Given themselves over. This signifies a voluntary yielding. There is a vast difference between the condition of one who is tripped by the wiles of the devil and one who deliberately invites his authority. Compare Rom. 1:24, where it is said that “God also gave them up to uncleanness.” But the giving up by God always follows the responsible choice of the sinner to walk in the evil way; it never precedes that choice. The greatest heights and the lowest depths are attained by the power of the will, exercised in one direction or in the other, whether for right or for wrong.

Lasciviousness. Gr. aselgeia (see on Rom. 13:13). This word indicates a complete and reckless abandonment to lust. Human nature, left to itself, is the same now as it was then.

Greediness. Gr. pleonexia, “a desire to have more,” “covetousness.” Pleonexia is frequently linked with impurity in the NT (cf. Eph. 5:3, 5; Col. 3:5).