30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
haters of God,
God-haters are people hateful to God. The Greek word appears only here in the New Testament.
PRINCIPLE:
Men hate God because they know they violate ultimate authority.
APPLICATION:
Most people today do not hate God but rather tolerate Him. However, negative orientation to God comes from a corrupt mind.
Ro 8:7, Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.
