They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
-Romans 1:29-32
These verses are one of those eye opening reads. Here Paul places gossipers and slanderers in the same category as God-haters and murderers. Seems a little dramatic, but when you think about it it makes perfect sense. When we do something as small as gossip it's a little habit that grows and eventually hardens our heart to sin. Just because it's a small sin doesn't mean it still isn't a sin.
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