Romans 1:29

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 also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28And 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; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, 30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Romans 1:29 word by word

πεπληρωμένους πάσῃ ἀδικίᾳ πονηρίᾳ, πλεονεξίᾳ, κακίᾳ, μεστοὺς φθόνου, φόνου, ἔριδος, δόλου, κακοηθείας, ψιθυριστάς,Read the interlinear

• 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 3:10As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
• Psalms 41:7All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
• Proverbs 16:28A perverse man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
• Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
• 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

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

Topics related to Romans 1:29

• Adultery
• Character
• Covetousness
• Crime
• Deceit
• Envy
• Gentiles
• Lasciviousness
• Malice
• Pride
• Rome
• Slander
• Speaking
• Whisperer
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Affection
• Call
• Creation
• Dark
• Despiteful
• Faith
• Fall of man
• Lie
• Manifest
• Mention

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