Romans 1:28

Romans 1:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
• New International Version (NIV)Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

Context of Romans 1:28

26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, 27and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. 29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, 30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,

Romans 1:28 word by word

Καὶ καθὼς οὐκ ἐδοκίμασαν τὸν θεὸν ἔχειν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει, παρέδωκεν αὐτοὺς ὁ θεὸς εἰς ἀδόκιμον νοῦν ποιεῖν τὰ μὴ καθήκοντα,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• even asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• they didδοκιμάζωdokimazō · to testG1381
• notοὐou · noG3756
• to retainἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• knowledgeἐπίγνωσιςepignōsis · knowledgeG1922
• gaveπαραδίδωμιparadidōmi · to deliverG3860
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• a reprobateἀδόκιμοςadokimos · failingG96
• mindνοῦςnous · mindG3563
• to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• which areκαθήκωkathēkō · be fitG2520
• notμήmē · notG3361

Cross-references for Romans 1:28

• Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness,
• Job 21:14So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
• Proverbs 1:7Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
• Proverbs 5:12And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!
• Proverbs 17:16Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom?
• Jeremiah 4:22The Lord answered, “This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”
• Jeremiah 9:6They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the Lord.
• Hosea 4:6You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.
• Acts 17:23For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: ‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you.
• Romans 8:7because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!
• 2 Corinthians 4:4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
• 2 Corinthians 10:5and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
• 2 Peter 3:5For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

Commentaries on Romans 1:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28They did not like to retain God - It would, perhaps, be more literal to translate , They Did Not Search to retain God in their knowledge. They did not examine the evidences before them ( Romans 1:19, Romans 1:20;) of his being and attributes; therefore God gave them over to a Reprobate mind, , to an Unsearching or undiscerning mind; for it is the same word in both places. They did not reflect on the proofs they had of the Divine nature, and God abandoned…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28And even as they did not like … - This was the true source of their crimes. They did not choose to acknowledge God. It was not because they could not, but because they were displeased with God, and chose to forsake him, and follow their own passions and lusts. To retain God … - To think of him, or to serve and adore him. This was the first step in their sin. It was not that God compelled them; or that he did not give them knowledge; nor even is it said…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. 28they did not see fit to acknowledge: Sin affects what people do and how they think. One serious result of turning away from God is an unsound mind. People can no longer think in the way God intended.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 1:28

• Adultery
• Backbiting
• Gentiles
• Godlessness
• Holy Spirit
• Lasciviousness
• Rome
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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

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