Romans 1:28-32

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Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

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Rome, the imperial capital of the Roman Empire in Italy, was home to the mixed Jewish and Gentile Christian audience addressed by Paul. Though Romans 1:28–32 describes humanity’s rebellion broadly, its setting underscores that God’s indictment reaches the powerful pagan world represented by Rome.

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Romans 1:28-32 mentions Rome.