Romans 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
KJV
ψιθυριστάς, καταλάλους, θεοστυγεῖς, ὑβριστάς, ὑπερηφάνους, ἀλαζόνας, ἐφευρετὰς κακῶν, γονεῦσιν ἀπειθεῖς,
Greek NT
detractores, Deo odibiles, contumeliosos, superbos, elatos, inventores malorum, parentibus non obedientes,
Vulgate
backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
ASV
Detractors, hateful to God, contumelious, proud, haughty, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γονεύς
goneus
noun · 20×
θεοστυγής
theostuges
adjective · 1×
κακός
kakos
adjective · 50×
κατάλαλος
katalalos
adjective · 1×
ψιθυριστής
psithuristes
noun · 1×
ἀλαζών
alazon
noun · 2×
ἀπειθής
apeithes
adjective · 6×
ἐφευρετής
epheuretes
noun · 1×
ὑβριστής
ubristes
noun · 2×
ὑπερήφανος
uperephanos
adjective · 5×
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§401After that first sin, the world is virtually inundated by sin There is Cain's murder of his brother Abel and the universal corruption which follows in the wake of sin. Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its …
§2087Our moral life has its source in faith in God who reveals his love to us. St. Paul speaks of the "obedience of faith"9 as our first obligation. He shows that "ignorance of God" is the principle and explanation of all moral deviations.10 Our duty toward God is to believe in him and to bear witness to him.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210205.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Q. What is the aim of the ninth commandment? A. That I never give false testimony against anyone, twist no one's words, not gossip or slander, nor join in condemning anyone without a hearing or without a just cause. Rather, in court and everywhere else, I should avoid lying and deceit of every kind; these are devices the devil himself uses, and they would call down on me God's …
Cross-references
- 1Tim 1:9 — Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of moth
- 2Chr 19:2 — And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the
- 2Pet 2:18 — For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
- 2Tim 3:2 — For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
- Col 1:21 — And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
- Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
- Ezek 16:45 — Thou art thy mother’s daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your
- Jas 3:5 — Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
- Jas 4:16 — But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
- John 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Prov 24:8 — He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
- Prov 25:23 — The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
- Ps 15:3 — He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
- Ps 81:15 — The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
- Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
- Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
- Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.