Romans 1:29 (KJV)

Passage

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Nearby Context

Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Romans 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Romans 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

Romans 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "filled", "unrighteousness", "fornication", "wickedness", "covetousness", "maliciousness", "full", and "envy". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "filled" and "unrighteousness", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 28's "And even as they did not like..." into verse 30's "Backbiters haters of God despiteful proud boasters...", so "filled" and "unrighteousness" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "filled" and "unrighteousness" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.