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 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 proper; 29Being filled with all unrighteousness, immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, insolent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Romans 1:30 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for Romans 1:30

• Proverbs 25:23The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
• Romans 8:7Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
• Numbers 10:35And it came to pass, when the ark moved forward, that Moses said, Arise, LORD, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
• Deuteronomy 7:10And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth 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, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
• Psalms 81:15The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: and their time should have endured for ever.
• Proverbs 8:36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
• John 7:7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.
• John 15:23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
• Romans 2:17But if, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
• Romans 3:27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
• 1 Kings 20:11And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.
• 2 Chronicles 25:19Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thy heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thy harm, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
• Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
• Psalms 49:6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
• Psalms 52:1Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth 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
• 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