Romans 1:29being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
The setting
Rome, ~57 AD. Paul catalogs the moral collapse he's witnessed across the empire...
The emotion here: grieving over the catalog of evil he's witnessed in his missionary travels
The original word
pleonexia (πλεονεξίᾳ) — the insatiable desire to have more, driving all other sins
Why it matters
This list mirrors actual charges brought in Roman courts against criminals of that era
Read with care
What most readers miss in Romans 1:29
Paul lists these in escalating order — from internal attitudes to external violence
Common misconceptionPeople read this as a checklist of 'really bad people,' but Paul is building a case that this describes all humanity without Christ — including his readers and us.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Romans 1:29
Bible Genome reading
Romans 1:29 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Romans 1:29 comes from the book of Romans, written during the early_church period. These words are attributed to Paul. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the teaching genre of biblical literature. Key themes include sin, corruption, vice. Notable phrases: filled with all unrighteousness; sexual immorality; wickedness.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grieving
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you…”
— Genesis 3:19
“Jesus wept.”
— John 11:35
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”
— Psalms 22:1
“They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.”
— Psalms 22:18
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;”
— Romans 3:23
Your reflection
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