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 Living Translation (NLT)They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.

Context of Romans 1:30

28And 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; 29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same 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

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 25:23The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
• Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
• Numbers 10:35So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: “Rise up, O Lord! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You.”
• Deuteronomy 7:10and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face.
• 2 Chronicles 19:2And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you.
• Psalms 81:15The haters of the Lord would pretend submission to Him, But their fate would endure forever.
• Proverbs 8:36But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death.”
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil.
• John 15:23He who hates Me hates My Father also.
• Romans 2:17Indeed you are called a Jew, and rest on the law, and make your boast in God,
• Romans 3:27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith.
• 1 Kings 20:11So the king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who puts on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’ ”
• 2 Chronicles 25:19Indeed you say that you have defeated the Edomites, and your heart is lifted up to boast. Stay at home now; why should you meddle with trouble, that you should fall—you and Judah with you?”
• Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.
• Psalms 49:6Those who trust in their wealth And boast in the multitude of their riches,
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.

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
• Affection
• Backbite
• 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