Romans 1:29

Romans 1:29

 

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

a. NLT: Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.  [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: Being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

   [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: Having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.] 

d. Classic Amplified: Until they were filled (permeated and saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping and covetous greed, and malice. [They were] full of envy and jealousy, murder, strife, deceit and treachery, ill will and cruel ways. [They were] secret backbiters and gossipers,   [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

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, [THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.]

 

1. “Being filled…”

 

a. [Being] filled [with] [Strong: 4137 plēróō, play-ro'-o; from G4134; to make replete, i.e. (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc.:—accomplish, × after, (be) complete, end, expire, fill (up), fulfil, (be, make) full (come), fully preach, perfect, supply. ] [Thayer: to make full, to fill up, i.e. to fill to the full.]

 

1). How did we get saved or filled with the Holy Ghost? We asked, we sought and we knocked.

 

a). Luke 11:9-13 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?

11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

 

2). It is a spiritual principle tied to our free will, whatever we seek after and open up ourselves to we will be filled with. These people were filled with these things because they sought them.

 

2. “…all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,”

 

a. all [Strong: 3956 pâs, pas; including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:—all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), × daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.]

b. unrighteousness [Strong: 93 adikía, ad-ee-kee'-ah; from G94; (legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act); morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act):—iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong.] [Thayer: injustice, of a judge, unrighteousness of heart and life, a deed violating law and justice, act of unrighteousness.]

 

c. fornication [Strong: 4202 porneía, por-ni'-ah; from G4203; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:—fornication.] [Thayer: illicit sexual intercourse, adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lesbianism, intercourse with animals etc., sexual intercourse with close relatives; Lev. 18, sexual intercourse with a divorced man or woman; Mk. 10:11,12, metaph. the worship of idols, of the defilement of idolatry, as incurred by eating the sacrifices offered to idols.]

 

c. wickedness [Strong: 4189 ponēría, pon-ay-ree'-ah; from G4190; depravity, i.e. (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins:—iniquity, wickedness.] [Thayer: depravity, iniquity, wickedness, malice, evil purposes and desires.]

 

d. covetousness [Strong: 4124 pleonexía, pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah; from G4123; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion:—covetous(-ness) practices, greediness.] [Thayer: greedy desire to have more, covetousness, avarice.]

 

e. maliciousness [Strong: 2549 kakía, kak-ee'-ah; from G2556; badness, i.e. (subjectively) depravity, or (actively) malignity, or (passively) trouble:—evil, malice(-iousness), naughtiness, wickedness.] [Thayer: malignity, malice, ill-will, desire to injure, wickedness, depravity, wickedness that is not ashamed to break laws, evil, trouble.]

 

f. full [Strong: 3324 mestós, mes-tos'; of uncertain derivation; replete (literally or figuratively):—full.] [Thayer: full, in reference to persons, whose minds are as it were filled with thoughts and emotions, either good or bad.]

 

1). Just as these were FILLED with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, and maliciousness, they are also FULL of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity

 

g. envy [Strong: 5355 phthónos, fthon'-os; probably akin to the base of G5351; ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite):—envy.] [Thayer: envy.] [Dictionary: a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.]

 

h. murder [Strong: 5408 phónos, fon'-os; from an obsolete primary φένω phénō (to slay); murder:—murder, + be slain with, slaughter.] [Thayer: murder.]

 

i. debate [Strong: 2054 éris, er'-is; of uncertain affinity; a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling:—contention, debate, strife, variance.] [Thayer: contention, strife, wrangling.]

 

j. deceit [Strong: 1388 dólos, dol'-os; from an obsolete primary verb, δέλλω déllō (probably meaning to decoy; compare G1185); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile:—craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.] [Thayer: craft, deceit, guile.]

 

k. malignity [Strong: 2550 kakoḗtheia, kak-o-ay'-thi-ah; from a compound of G2556 and G2239; bad character, i.e. (specially) mischievousness:—malignity.] [Thayer: bad character, depravity of heart and life, malignant subtlety, malicious craftiness.]

 

l. whisperers [Strong: 5588 psithyristḗs, psith-oo-ris-tace'; from the same as G5587; a secret calumniator:—whisperer.] [Thayer: a whisperer, secret slanderer, detractor.]