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

28And because they thought it was worthless to acknowledge God, God allowed their own immoral minds to control them. So they do these indecent things. 29Their lives are filled with all kinds of sexual sins, wickedness, and greed. They are mean. They are filled with envy, murder, quarreling, deceit, and viciousness. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, haughty, arrogant, and boastful. They think up new ways to be cruel. They don’t obey their parents, 31don’t have any sense, don’t keep promises, and don’t show love to their own families or mercy to others. 32Although they know God’s judgment that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do these things but also approve of others who do them.

Romans 1:30 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Backbitersκατάλαλοςkatalalos · slanderousG2637
• haters of Godθεοστυγήςtheostugēs · God-hatingG2319
• despitefulὑβριστήςhubristēs · insolent manG5197
• proudὑπερήφανοςhuperēphanos · arrogantG5244
• boastersἀλαζώνalazōn · braggartG213
• inventorsἐφευρετήςepheuretēs · inventorG2182
• of evil thingsκακόςkakos · evil/harm: evilG2556
• disobedientἀπειθήςapeithēs · disobedientG545
• to parentsγονεύςgoneus · parentG1118

Cross-references for Romans 1:30

• Proverbs 25:23⌞As⌟ the north wind brings rain, so a whispering tongue brings angry looks.
• Romans 8:7This is so because the corrupt nature has a hostile attitude toward God. It refuses to place itself under the authority of God’s standards because it can’t.
• Numbers 10:35Whenever the ark started to move, Moses would say, “Arise, O Lord! Scatter your enemies! Make those who hate you run away from you!”
• Deuteronomy 7:10But he sends destruction to pay back everyone who hates him. He never takes long to pay back anyone who hates him.
• 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu, son of the seer Hanani, asked King Jehoshaphat, “Why do you help wicked people and love those who hate the Lord? The Lord’s anger is directed toward you because you have done this.
• Psalms 81:15Those who hate the Lord would cringe in front of him, and their time ⌞for punishment⌟ would last forever.
• Proverbs 8:36Whoever sins against me harms himself. All those who hate me love death.”
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I say that what everyone does is evil.
• John 15:23The person who hates me also hates my Father.
• Romans 2:17You call yourself a Jew, rely on the laws in Moses’ Teachings, brag about your God,
• Romans 3:27So, do we have anything to brag about? Bragging has been eliminated. On what basis was it eliminated? On the basis of our own efforts? No, indeed! Rather, it is eliminated on the basis of faith.
• 1 Kings 20:11The king of Israel answered, “The saying goes, ‘Don’t brag about a victory before you have even dressed for battle.’ ”
• 2 Chronicles 25:19You say you defeated Edom, and now you’ve become arrogant enough to look for more fame. Stay home! Why must you invite disaster and your own defeat and take Judah with you?”
• Psalms 10:3The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses robbers, but he curses the Lord.
• Psalms 49:6They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth.
• Psalms 52:1Why do you brag about the evil you’ve done, you hero? The mercy of God lasts 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