29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [a]sexual immorality, wickedness, [b]covetousness, [c]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 [d]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, [e]unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, (A)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things (B)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also (C)approve of those who practice them.

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  1. Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
  2. Romans 1:29 greed
  3. Romans 1:29 malice
  4. Romans 1:31 without understanding
  5. Romans 1:31 NU omits unforgiving

29 people having been filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, and evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice; they are (A)gossips, 30 slanderers, [a](B)haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, (C)disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, (D)unfeeling, and unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of (E)death, they not only do the same, but also (F)approve of those who practice them.

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  1. Romans 1:30 Or hateful to God

29 until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors], 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful [without pity]. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree and His judgment, that those who do such things deserve death, yet they not only do them, but they even [enthusiastically] approve and tolerate others who practice them.

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29 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,(A) 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;(B) 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love,(C) no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death,(D) they not only continue to do these very things but also approve(E) of those who practice them.

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