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Question: What is righteousness?

Code 1343. dikaiosune.
TDNT 2:174 n f
92X AV

Ardnt/Gingrich:
1. Uprightness; justice as characteristic of a judge (Acts 17:31;
Rev. 19:4).
2. In a moral and religious sense: uprightness, righteousness, the
characteristic required of men by God.
     a. In the sense of fulfilling the divine statutes Mt. 3:15
     b. Uprightness as the compelling motive for the conduct of
one's whole life: hunger and thirst for uprightness Mt. 5:6; cf.
6:33. (P.196)

Passages:
Mt. 5:20
Acts 13:10 enemy of R.
**Rom. 1:16,17; 3:22,25-26; 4:6. What can wash away my sins?
Rom. 6:13-18 How become servants of righteousness? cf. 10:9-10.
Rom. 10:3-4 Must not make mistake of the Jews.
2 Cor. 11:15 Watch out for the counterfeit.
2 Tim. 3:16 Scriptures profitable for instruction in R.
2 Pet. 2:21 Way of Righteousness.



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