Discovery BoxRomans 1:28-31 
Context1:28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, 1 God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. 2 1:29 They are filled 3 with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with 4 envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, 1:30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, 1:31 senseless, covenant-breakers, 5 heartless, ruthless.
1 tn Grk “and just as they did not approve to have God in knowledge.”
2 tn Grk “the things that are improper.”
3 tn 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.
4 tn 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.
5 tn Or “promise-breakers.”
