Romans 1:31 “They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.”

Romans 1:31

They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

World English Bible

without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

American Standard Version

without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, unmerciful:

Geneva Bible 1599

Which men, though they knew ye Lawe of God, how that they which comit such things are worthie of death, yet not onely do the same, but also fauour them that doe them.

Darby Translation

void of understanding, faithless, without natural affection, unmerciful;

Young's Literal Translation

unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful;

Bible in Basic English

Without knowledge, not true to their undertakings, unkind, having no mercy:

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Cross references

“Without understanding”

Proverbs 18:2 Romans 3:11 Jeremiah 4:22 Matthew 15:16 Isaiah 27:11 Romans 1:20

Proverbs 18:2 · BSB

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

Romans 3:11 · BSB

There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Matthew 15:16 · BSB

“Do you still not understand?” Jesus asked.

Isaiah 27:11 · BSB

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Romans 1:20 · BSB

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.

“covenant-breakers”

2 Timothy 3:3 Isaiah 33:8 2 Kings 18:14–37

2 Timothy 3:3 · BSB

unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

Isaiah 33:8 · BSB

The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

2 Kings 18:14–37 · BSB

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Juda…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

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