Holy Spirit to set forth the series of kings of Judah, all four alike, failing in " righteousness," followed at last by the "King," a righteous In Isa 59: 17, " righteousness" is His breastplate.Ĭommentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible In conclusion, it seems to me that one way to go beyond what you call righteousness - is to find ways to bring affect and structural relationship between the middle class and the the subaltern into the same framework. Put another way, how exactly do you propose that we should move beyond what you call righteousness? God, and is profitable for doctrine - and for instruction in righteousness, that is, in the nature and branches of religion.Ĭommentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
Note, When we are most in the dark concerning the meaning of God's dispensations we must still resolve to keep up right thoughts of God, and must be confident of this, that he never did, nor ever will do, the least wrong to any of his creatures even when his judgments are unsearchable as a great deep, and altogether unaccountable, yet his righteousness is as conspicuous and immovable as the great mountains,Ĭommentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) In the enthroned Christ every question about sin is answered, and every claim of a violated law is absolutely met and though there is no abatement in the demands of the decalogue, yet because "Christ has become the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth," now "_grace reigns through righteousness_ unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord."Īnd then there's "All our righteousness is as dirty rags. noun theology The state of being right with God justification the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.įrom WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University.noun countable A righteous act, or righteous quality.Righteousness, as used in Scripture and theology, in which it chiefly occurs, is nearly equivalent to holiness, comprehending holy principles and affections of heart, and conformity of life to the divine law. noun uncountable The quality or state of being righteous holiness purity uprightness rectitude.noun (Theol.) The state of being right with God justification the work of Christ, which is the ground of justification.įrom Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.noun The act or conduct of one who is righteous.noun A righteous act, or righteous quality.
noun The quality or state of being righteous holiness purity uprightness rectitude.noun A righteous act or quality anything which is or purports to be righteous.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.noun Hence, also In theology, a coming into spiritual oneness with God, because for Christ's sake the believer in Christ is treated as righteous.noun The character of being righteous purity of heart and rectitude of life the being and doing right conformity in character and conduct to a right standard.
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