Romans 1:29 Meaning and Explanation
“Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul lists the wickedness that fills a life turned from God, from greed and envy to malice and gossip.
What Does Romans 1:29 Mean?
Paul now spells out what fills a life given over to a corrupted mind. He piles up a long list of evils, beginning with broad terms like unrighteousness and wickedness and moving through envy, murder, strife, deceit, and the quiet sin of whispering against others.
The sheer length of the catalog is the point. When God is displaced, the vacuum fills with disorder of every kind, not only the dramatic sins but the everyday ones like envy and gossip. Paul names familiar faults alongside grave ones, so no reader can feel safely outside the list. The effect is humbling: it presses each of us to admit our own need and to look beyond ourselves for the cleansing only God can give.
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What does Romans 1:29 mean?
Paul lists the wickedness that fills a life turned from God, from greed and envy to malice and gossip.