Rom 1:29 | RWP | e4.org | Being called with ( πεπληρωμενους ). Perfect passive participle of the common verb πληροω , state of completion, "filled to the brim with" four vices in the associative instrumental case ( αδικια , unrighteousness as in verse , πονηρια , active wickedness as in , πλεονεξια , covetousness as in ; , κακια , maliciousness or inward viciousness of disposition as in ). Note asyndeton, no connective in the lists in verses . Dramatic effect. The order of these words varies in the MSS. and πορνεια , fornication, is not genuine here (absent in Aleph A B C). Full of ( μεστους ). Paul changes from participle to adjective. Old adjective, rare in the N.T., like μεστοω , to fill full (only in in N.T.), stuffed full of (with genitive). Five substantives in the genitive ( φθονου , envy, as in , φονου , murder, and so a paronomasia or combination with φθονου , of like sounding words, εριδος , strife, as in , κακοηθιας , malignity, and here only in N.T. though old word from κακοηθης and that from κακος and ηθος , a tendency to put a bad construction on things, depravity of heart and malicious disposition.

‏ Romans 1:29

Being called with ( πεπληρωμενους ). Perfect passive participle of the common verb πληροω, state of completion, "filled to the brim with" four vices in the associative instrumental case ( αδικια, unrighteousness as in verse 18, πονηρια, active wickedness as in Mr 7:22, πλεονεξια, covetousness as in 1Th 2:5; Lu 12:15, κακια, maliciousness or inward viciousness of disposition as in 1Co 5:8). Note asyndeton, no connective in the lists in verses 29-31. Dramatic effect. The order of these words varies in the MSS. and πορνεια, fornication, is not genuine here (absent in Aleph A B C).

Full of ( μεστους ). Paul changes from participle to adjective. Old adjective, rare in the N.T., like μεστοω, to fill full (only in Ac 2:13 in N.T.), stuffed full of (with genitive). Five substantives in the genitive ( φθονου, envy, as in Ga 5:21, φονου, murder, and so a paronomasia or combination with φθονου, of like sounding words, εριδος, strife, as in 2Co 12:16, κακοηθιας, malignity, and here only in N.T. though old word from κακοηθης and that from κακος and ηθος, a tendency to put a bad construction on things, depravity of heart and malicious disposition.