lack of self-constraint which involves one in conduct that violates all bounds of what is socially acceptable, self-abandonment. In sg. and pl. ἑαυτὸν παραδιδόναι τῇ ἀ. give oneself over to licentiousness Eph 4:19; πορεύεσθαι ἐν ἀσελγείαις live licentiously 1 Pt 4:3; cp. Hm 12, 4, 6. τὴν χάριτα μετατιθέναι εἰς ἀ. pervert favor into licentiousness (i.e. they interpret divine goodness as an opportunity to ignore God and do what they please) Jd 4 (cp. Diod. S. 16, 87, 1, where ἀ. is used of the insolence of a scoffer); πολλοὶ ἐξακολουθήσουσιν ταῖς ἀ. many will follow in their licentious tracks 2 Pt 2:2. Cp. Hv 2, 2, 2. Esp. of sexual excesses (Philo, Mos. 1, 305; Hippol., Ref. 9, 13, 4) w. κοῖται Ro 13:13; w. ἀκαθαρσία (cp. Eph 4:19) and πορνεία 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19, in a long catalogue of vices, like Mk 7:22; Hs 9, 15, 3. ἡ ἐν ἀ. ἀναστροφή indecent conduct 2 Pt 2:7
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lack of self-constraint which involves one in conduct that violates all bounds of what is socially acceptable, self-abandonment. In sg. and pl. ἑαυτὸν παραδιδόναι τῇ ἀ. give oneself over to licentiousness Eph 4:19; πορεύεσθαι ἐν ἀσελγείαις live licentiously 1 Pt 4:3; cp. Hm 12, 4, 6. τὴν χάριτα μετατιθέναι εἰς ἀ. pervert favor into licentiousness (i.e. they interpret divine goodness as an opportunity to ignore God and do what they please) Jd 4 (cp. Diod. S. 16, 87, 1, where ἀ. is used of the insolence of a scoffer); πολλοὶ ἐξακολουθήσουσιν ταῖς ἀ. many will follow in their licentious tracks 2 Pt 2:2. Cp. Hv 2, 2, 2. Esp. of sexual excesses (Philo, Mos. 1, 305; Hippol., Ref. 9, 13, 4) w. κοῖται Ro 13:13; w. ἀκαθαρσία (cp. Eph 4:19) and πορνεία 2 Cor 12:21; Gal 5:19, in a long catalogue of vices, like Mk 7:22; Hs 9, 15, 3. ἡ ἐν ἀ. ἀναστροφή indecent conduct 2 Pt 2:7
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