Ephesians 4:19 (KJV)

Passage

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

Ephesians 4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Ephesians 4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

Ephesians 4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;

Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "past", "feeling", "given", "themselves", "over", "lasciviousness", "uncleanness", and "greediness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "past" and "feeling", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "Having the understanding darkened being alienated from..." into verse 20's "But ye have not so learned Christ...", so "past" and "feeling" belong inside that flow. In Ephesians context, the local focus is grace, union with Christ, the church, and new creation.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "past" and "feeling" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.