Rom 1:28-32 | NETfull | STEP | And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.

Romans 1:28-32

28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, ^{▼▼ Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”} God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. ^{▼▼ Grk “the things that are improper.”} 29 They are filled ^{▼▼ Grk “being filled” or “having been filled,” referring to those described in v. 28. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.} with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with ^{▼▼ Grk “malice, full of,” continuing the description. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.} envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 senseless, covenant-breakers, ^{▼▼ Or “promise-breakers.”} heartless, ruthless. 32 Although they fully know ^{▼▼ Grk “who, knowing…, not only do them but also approve…” Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.} God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, ^{▼▼ Grk “are worthy of death.”} they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. ^{▼▼ “Vice lists” like vv. 28–32 can be found elsewhere in the NT in Matt 15:19; Gal 5:19–21; 1 Tim 1:9–10; and 1 Pet 4:3. An example from the intertestamental period can be found in Wis 14:25–26.}