Being called with (πεπληρωμενους). Perfect passive participle of the common verb πληροω, state of completion, "filled to the brim …

Being filled. That is, the things which he specifies were common, or abounded among them. This is a strong phrase, denoting that …

Whisperers, backbiters.—In the Greek, the idea of secrecy is contained chiefly in the first of these words. “Secret backbiters and…

Paul now explains the word “wickedness” in v.18. This section describes the havoc wrought in human relations because of suppressing the knowledge o…

Understand unrighteousness as the violation of justice among people, by not giving to each what is due. I have translated πονηρίαν as …

Being filled with all unrighteousness
From hence, to the end of the chapter, follows a large and black list and cata…

In the horrid depravity of the Gentile world, the truth of our Lord's words was shown: “Light was come into the world, but men loved darkne rat…

1. Having set forth the sin of ungodline , by which they sinned against the divine nature, the Apostle now sets forth the punishment by whic…