Romans 1:30

Romans 1:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
• New International Version (NIV)slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
• English Standard Version (ESV)slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
• New King James Version (NKJV)backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Context of Romans 1:30

28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. 31They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. 32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

Romans 1:30 word by word

καταλάλους, θεοστυγεῖς, ὑβριστάς, ὑπερηφάνους, ἀλαζόνας, ἐφευρετὰς κακῶν, γονεῦσιν ἀπειθεῖς,Read the interlinear

• slanderersκατάλαλοςkatalalos · slanderousG2637
• God-hatersθεοστυγήςtheostugēs · God-hatingG2319
• insolentὑβριστήςhubristēs · insolent manG5197
• arrogantὑπερήφανοςhuperēphanos · arrogantG5244
• boastfulἀλαζώνalazōn · braggartG213
• inventἐφευρετήςepheuretēs · inventorG2182
• forms of evilκακόςkakos · evil/harm: evilG2556
• they disobeyἀπειθήςapeithēs · disobedientG545
• parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118

Cross-references for Romans 1:30

• Proverbs 25:23As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
• Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Numbers 10:35Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
• Deuteronomy 7:10But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
• 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
• Psalms 81:15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
• Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
• John 15:23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
• Romans 2:17Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;
• Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
• 1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”
• 2 Chronicles 25:19You have said, ‘Look, I have defeated Edom,’ and your heart has become proud and boastful. Now stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
• Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
• Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

Commentaries on Romans 1:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Backbiters - , from , against, and , I speak; those who speak against others; false accusers, slanderers. Haters of God - , atheists, contemners of sacred things, maligners of providence, scorners, etc. All profligate deists are of this class; and it seems to be the finishing part of a diabolic character. Despiteful - ̔, from ̔, to treat with injurious insolence; stormy, boisterous; abusing both the characters and persons of those over whom they can have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Backbiters - Those Who calumniate, slander, or speak ill of those who are absent. Whisperers declare secretly, and with great reserve, the supposed faults of others. Backbiters proclaim them publicly and avowedly. Haters of God - There is no charge which can be brought against people more severe than this. It is the highest possible crime; yet it is a charge which the conduct of people will abundantly justify, and the truth of which all those experience…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-32Verses 26-32 In the horrid depravity of the heathen, the truth of our Lord's words was shown: "Light was come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil; for he that doeth evil hateth the light." The truth was not to their taste. And we all know how soon a man will contrive, against the strongest evidence, to reason himself out of the belief of what he dislikes. But a man cannot be brought to greater slavery…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-31This list of sins follows a popular Hellenistic literary form called a vice list (a list that names sinful behaviors). The list does not include every sin, but it shows the many ways evil can appear.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3128-31. gave them over--or "up" (see on Ro 1:24). to do those things which are not convenient--in the old sense of that word, that is, "not becoming," "indecorous," "shameful."Read the comment

Topics related to Romans 1:30

• Backbiting
• Boasting
• Children
• Crime
• Gentiles
• Malice
• Pride
• Rome
• Slander
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Affection
• Backbite
• Call
• Creation
• Dark
• Despiteful
• Faith
• Fall of man

Commentaries on Romans 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings