Efesus 4:17
KonteksLive in Holiness
4:17 So I say this, and insist 1 in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility 2 of their thinking. 3
Efesus 4:19
Konteks4:19 Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. 4
[4:17] 1 tn On the translation of μαρτύρομαι (marturomai) as “insist” see BDAG 619 s.v. 2.
[4:17] 2 tn On the translation of ματαιότης (mataioth") as “futility” see BDAG 621 s.v.
[4:17] 3 tn Or “thoughts,” “mind.”
[4:19] 4 sn Greediness refers to an increasing desire for more and more. The point is that sinful passions and desires are never satisfied.