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senseless,ἀσυνέτουςfaithless,ἀσυνθέτουςheartless,ἀστόργουςmerciless.ἀνελεήμονας
Romans 1:31
Study it in the app“senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.”
With the Greek beneath
Romans 1:31, word by word
- senselessἀσυνέτουςasynetous
without understanding
Without understanding, slow to grasp.
Where else “asynetous” appears- faithlessἀσυνθέτουςasynthetous
faithless
Faithless, untrustworthy: not keeping one's word or agreements.
Where else “asynthetous” appears- heartlessἀστόργουςastorgous
without affection
Without natural affection, unloving even toward one's own family.
Where else “astorgous” appears- mercilessἀνελεήμοναςaneleēmonas
merciless
Merciless, without pity.
Where else “aneleēmonas” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts add “implacable.”
The context
30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 · This verse (above)
32They, though they know the righteous decree of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.
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?