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filledπεπληρωμένουςwith allπάσῃunrighteousness,ἀδικίᾳwickedness,πονηρίᾳgreed,πλεονεξίᾳmalice;κακίᾳfullμεστοὺςof envy,φθόνουmurder,φόνουstrife,ἔριδοςdeceit,δόλουmalignity;κακοηθείαςthey aregossips,ψιθυριστάς
Romans 1:29
Study it in the app“filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; they are gossips,”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 1:29, word by word
- filledπεπληρωμένουςpeplērōmenous
fill
To occupy something completely, leaving no gap.
Where else “peplērōmenous” appears- unrighteousnessἀδικίᾳadikiai
unrighteousness
Injustice, unrighteousness.
Where else “adikiai” appears- wickednessπονηρίᾳponēriai
wickedness
Wickedness, malice.
Where else “ponēriai” appears- greedπλεονεξίᾳpleonexiai
greed
Greed, the craving to have more.
Where else “pleonexiai” appears- maliceκακίᾳkakiai
malice
The wish to do harm.
Where else “kakiai” appears- fullμεστοὺςmestous
full
Full.
Where else “mestous” appears- of envyφθόνουphthonou
envy
Envy.
Where else “phthonou” appears- murderφόνουphonou
murder
Murder.
Where else “phonou” appears- strifeἔριδοςeridos
strife
Strife, quarreling, discord.
Where else “eridos” appears- deceitδόλουdolou
deceit
Deceit, trickery.
Where else “dolou” appears- malignityκακοηθείαςkakoētheias
malice, ill will
Malice: bad intent, ill will toward others.
Where else “kakoētheias” appears- gossipsψιθυριστάςpsithyristas
gossip
Gossip: someone who speaks evil of others in secret.
Where else “psithyristas” appears
The context
28And since they did not see fit to have God in knowledge, God handed them over to an unfit mind, to do the things that are not proper,
29 · This verse (above)
30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
To study Romans 1 in a group
1. What it says
How does Paul introduce himself at the start of the letter, and what does he say he is not ashamed of? (vv. 1, 16)
2. What it means
Paul says God's invisible qualities are perceived in what he made (vv. 19-20). What do you think he means by that?
3. How I live it
Paul was not ashamed of the good news (v. 16). How can you speak naturally and respectfully about what you value most?