New English Translation
Romans 1:29
29They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,
Romans 1:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
- New International Version (NIV)They 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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,
- New King James Version (NKJV)being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers,
Context of Romans 1:29
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. 28And 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. They 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, 31senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless.
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πεπληρωμένους πάσῃ ἀδικίᾳ πονηρίᾳ, πλεονεξίᾳ, κακίᾳ, μεστοὺς φθόνου, φόνου, ἔριδος, δόλου, κακοηθείας, ψιθυριστάς,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Being filled withπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- unrighteousnessἀδικίαadikia · unrighteousnessG93
- fornicationπορνείαporneia · sexual sinG4202
- wickednessπονηρίαponēria · evilG4189
- covetousnessπλεονεξίαpleonexia · greedinessG4124
- maliciousnessκακίαkakia · evilG2549
- fullμεστόςmestos · fullG3324
- of envyφθόνοςphthonos · envyG5355
- murderφόνοςphonos · murderG5408
- debateἔριςeris · quarrelG2054
- deceitδόλοςdolos · deceitG1388
- malignityκακοήθειαkakoētheia · maliceG2550
- whisperersψιθυριστήςpsithuristēs · gossipG5588
Cross-references for Romans 1:29
- Romans 3:10just as it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one,
- Psalms 41:7All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me.
- Proverbs 16:28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
- Proverbs 26:20Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Commentaries on Romans 1:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Being filled with all unrighteousness - , every vice contrary to justice and righteousness. Fornication - ͅ, all commerce between the sexes out of the bounds of lawful marriage. Some of the best MSS. omit this reading; and others have ͅ, uncleanness. Wickedness - ͅ, malignity, that which is oppressive to its possessor and to its object; from , labor, toil, etc. Covetousness - ͅ, from , more, and ̔, I will have; the intense love or lust of gain; the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Being filled - That is, the things which he specifies were common or abounded among them. This is a strong phrase, denoting that these things were so often practiced as that it might be said they were full of them. We have a phrase like this still, when we say of one that he is full of mischief, etc. Unrighteousness - ̓́ adikiaThis is a word denoting injustice, or iniquity in general. The particular specifications of the iniquity follow. Fornication…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
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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
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