The Epistle of Paul The Book of Romans series: Learning to be rooted and established in The Cross of Christ
Walking in Iniquity
Romans 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
There's a lot to be understood in the last 4 verses of Romans to describe the iniquity that was going on in the church in Rome at that time.
It is important that we know what these words mean in Greek to get a better understanding of what Paul is truly saying here in this verse.
First, let's take a look at "being filled" as it says in verse 29 and what it means in the Greek in Wuest Greek Word Study notes,
Wuest says: “being filled” is a perfect participle the perfect tense in the Greek speaks of a past complete action having present results.
Those who had disapproved of God holding in their knowledge were completely filled as a consequence with the 21 sins mentioned in verses 29-32 with the result that they remained. In a full condition without natural affection is astorgos. Referring to the love of. Parents for children. Children for parents, husband for wife and wife for husband.
The meaning here, given for consequence, is usually defined as the effect result or outcome of something occurring Earlier There is an effect or a result, or outcome. In following evil. The conclusion reached by a line of reasoning. Inference importance or significance, importance in rank or position distinction
Translation: Being filled with every unrighteousness, pernicious evil, avarice, malice, full of envy, murder, wrangling., guile, malicious craftiness., secret slanderers., backbiters., hateful to God., insolent., haughty, swaggerers, inventors of evil things., disobedient to parents, stupid., faithless, without natural affection., merciless., such are those who knowing the judgment of God., that those who practice such things are worthy of death., habitually do the same things., but also take pleasure in those who practice them.
Not only did they not want to hold the knowledge of God in their hearts but took pleasure in the sins that they were committing.
Let's take a look word by word in the Greek that Paul gave here in verse 29 and find out the meaning of these words to get a fuller understanding.
The word unrighteousness in Greek is ἀδικία adikía, ad-ee-kee'-ah and it means; injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act); morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act):—iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong. from the word ἄδικος ádikos, ad'-ee-kos meaning, unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen:—unjust, unrighteous.
The word fornication in Greek is πορνεία porneía, por-ni'-ah and it means; harlotry (including adultery and incest); figuratively, idolatry:—fornication from πορνεύω porneúō, porn-yoo'-o meaning to act the harlot, i.e. (literally) indulge unlawful lust (of either sex), or (figuratively) practice idolatry:—commit (fornication). from πόρνη pórnē, por'-nay meaning a strumpet; figuratively, an idolater:—harlot, whore.
The word wickedness, in Greek, is πονηρία ponēría, pon-ay-ree'-ah and it means; depravity, i.e. (specially), malice; plural (concretely) plots, sins:—iniquity, wickedness.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary says for the word iniquity;
INIQ'UITY, n. L. iniquitas; in and oequitas, equity.
1. Injustice; unrighteousness; a deviation from rectitude; as the iniquity of war; the iniquity of the slave trade.
2. Want of rectitude in principle; as a malicious prosecution originating in the iniquity of the author.
3. A particular deviation from rectitude; a sin or crime; wickedness; any act of injustice.
Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. Is.59.
4. Original want of holiness or depravity.
I was shapen in iniquity. Psalm 51.
depravity means
1. Corruption; a vitiated state; is the depravity of manners and morals.
2. A vitiated state of the heart; wickedness; corruption of moral principles; destitution of holiness or good principles.
The word covetousness, in Greek, is πλεονεξία pleonexía, pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah and it means; from G4123; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion:—covetous(-ness) practices, greediness.
The word maliciousness; in Greek is πλεονεξία pleonexía, pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah and it means; avarice, i.e. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion:—covetous(-ness) practices, greediness.
The word full of envy, in Greek, is μεστός mestós, mes-tos' φθόνος phthónos, fthon'-os and it means; of uncertain derivation; replete (literally or figuratively):—full. probably akin to the base of G5351; ill-will (as detraction), i.e. jealousy (spite):—envy.
The word murder, in Greek, is φόνος phónos, fon'-os and it means; from an obsolete primary φένω phénō (to slay); murder:—murder, + be slain with, slaughter.
The word debate, in Greek, is ἔρις éris, er'-is and it means; of uncertain affinity; a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling:—contention, debate, strife, variance.
The word deceit, in Greek, is δόλος dólos, dol'-os and means; from an obsolete primary verb, δέλλω déllō (probably meaning to decoy; compare G1185); a trick (bait), i.e. (figuratively) wile:—craft, deceit, guile, subtilty.
The word malignity; in Greek is κακοήθεια kakoḗtheia, kak-o-ay'-thi-ah and it means; from a compound of G2556 (κακός kakós, kak-os' apparently a primary word; worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious:—bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.) and G2239; (ἦθος ēthos, ay'-thos a strengthened form of G1485; usage, i.e. (plural) moral habits:—manners.) bad character, i.e. (specially) mischievousness:—malignity.
The word whisperers, in Greek, is ψιθυριστής psithyristḗs, psith-oo-ris-tace' and it means; from the same as G5587; (ψιθυρισμός psithyrismós, psith-oo-ris-mos' from a derivative of ψίθος psíthos (a whisper; by implication, a slander; probably akin to G5574); whispering, i.e. secret detraction:—whispering.) a secret calumniator:—whisperer.
Paul says in Ephesians 5:4
"Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks."
We must remember that denying our flesh (self) is what Jesus tells us to do (Luke 9:23) taking up our cross and following after Him every day.
Without the finished work of The Cross, we can not overcome the flesh, this is why we must walk in Jesus and the Divine Nature that is only found in Him.
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