Ephesians 4:19 (YLT)

Passage

who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

Nearby Context

Ephesians 4:17 This, then, I say, and I testify in the Lord; ye are no more to walk, as also the other nations walk, in the vanity of their mind,

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

Ephesians 4:19 who, having ceased to feel, themselves did give up to the lasciviousness, for the working of all uncleanness in greediness;

Ephesians 4:20 and ye did not so learn the Christ,

Ephesians 4:21 if so be ye did hear him, and in him were taught, as truth is in Jesus;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "having", "ceased", "feel", "themselves", "give", "lasciviousness", "working", and "uncleanness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "having" and "ceased", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "being darkened in the understanding being alienated..." into verse 20's "and ye did not so learn the...", so "having" and "ceased" 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 "having" and "ceased" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.