Righteousness as Right-ness, Part 2
This is every verse in the New Testament that contains "righteousness" or "righteous." These have been replaced with "right-ness" and "right."
If you are interested, all of the Hebrew Bible ("Old Testament") verses are here. These are especially wonderful because they show the dramatic connections between YHWH and Rightness.
The psychological impact of these verse is dramatically changed (at least for me) with that simple linguistic trick.
Matthew 3:15
15Jesus replied, “Let
it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all
right-ness.”
Then John consented.
Matthew 5:6
6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for
right-ness,
for they will be filled.
Matthew 5:10
10Blessed are those who are persecuted
because of right-ness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:20
20For I tell you that unless your right-ness
surpasses that of the Pharisees and
the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:1
1“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of right-ness’
before men, to be seen by
them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 6:33
33But seek first his kingdom and his right-ness,
and all these things will be
given to you as well.
Matthew 21:32
32For John came to you to show you the way of
right-ness, and you did not
believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you
saw
this, you did not repent and believe him.
Luke 1:75
75in holiness and right-ness
before him all our days.
Luke 18:9
9To some who were confident of their own right-ness
and looked down on
everybody else, Jesus told this parable:
John 16:8
8When he comes, he will convict the world of
guilt in regard to sin and
right-ness and judgment:
John 16:10
10in regard to right-ness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see
me no longer;
Acts 24:25
25As Paul discoursed on right-ness,
self-control and the judgment to come,
Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I
find
it convenient, I will send for you.”
Romans 1:17
17For in the gospel a right-ness from God is revealed, a right-ness that is
by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The right will live by
faith.”
Romans 3:5
5But if our unrightness brings out God’s right-ness
more clearly, what
shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a
human argument.)
Romans 3:21
21But now a right-ness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to
which the Law and the Prophets testify.
Romans 3:22
22This right-ness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who
believe. There is no difference,
Romans 4:3
3What does the Scripture say? “Abraham
believed God, and it was credited to
him as right-ness.”
Romans 4:5
5However, to the man who does not work but
trusts God who justifies the
wicked, his faith is credited as right-ness.
Romans 4:6
6David says the same thing when he speaks
of the blessedness of the man to
whom God credits right-ness apart
from works:
Romans 4:9
9Is this blessedness only for the
circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We
have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as right-ness.
Romans 4:11
11And he received the sign of circumcision,
a seal of the right-ness that he
had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all
who
believe but have not been circumcised, in order that right-ness might be
credited to them.
Romans 4:13
13It was not through law that Abraham and
his offspring received the promise that
he would be heir of the world, but through the right-ness that comes by
faith.
Romans 4:22
22This is why “it was credited to him as right-ness.”
Romans 4:24
24but also for us, to whom God will
credit right-ness—for us who
believe in
him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Romans 5:17
17For if, by the trespass of the one man,
death reigned through that one man, how
much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the
gift of right-ness reign in life
through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:18
18Consequently, just as the result of one
trespass was condemnation for all men,
so also the result of one act of right-ness
was justification that brings life for
all men.
Romans 5:21
21so that, just as sin reigned in death, so
also grace might reign through
right-ness to bring eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:13
13Do not offer the parts of your body to
sin, as instruments of wickedness, but
rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to
life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of right-ness.
Romans 6:16
16Don’t you know that when you offer
yourselves to someone to obey him as
slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey—whether you are slaves to sin,
which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to right-ness?
Romans 6:18
18You have been set free from sin and have
become slaves to right-ness.
Romans 6:19
19I put this in human terms because you are
weak in your natural selves. Just as
you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-
increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to right-ness leading to
holiness.
Romans 6:20
20When you were slaves to sin, you were
free from the control of right-ness.
Romans 8:10
10But if Christ is in you, your body is
dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
because of right-ness.
Romans 9:30
30What then shall we say? That the
Gentiles, who did not pursue right-ness,
have obtained it, a right-ness that
is by faith;
Romans 9:31
31but Israel, who pursued a law of right-ness,
has not attained it.
Romans 10:3
3Since they did not know the right-ness that comes from God and sought to
establish their own, they did not submit to God’s right-ness.
Romans 10:4
4Christ is the end of the law so that there may be right-ness
for everyone who
believes.
Romans 10:5
5Moses describes in this way the right-ness
that is by the law: “The man who
does these things will live by them.”
Romans 10:6
6But the right-ness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart,
‘Who will
ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down)
Romans 14:17
17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of
eating and drinking, but of
right-ness, peace and joy in the Holy
Spirit,
1 Corinthians 1:30
30It is because of him that you are in
Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom
from God—that is, our right-ness,
holiness and redemption.
2 Corinthians 3:9
9If the ministry that condemns men
is glorious, how much more glorious is the
ministry that brings right-ness!
2 Corinthians 5:21
21God made him who had no sin to be
sin for us, so that in him we might
become the right-ness of God.
2 Corinthians 6:7
7in truthful speech and in the power of
God; with weapons of right-ness in
the
right hand and in the left;
2 Corinthians 6:14
14Do not be yoked together with
unbelievers. For what do right-ness
and
wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
2 Corinthians 9:9
9As it is written:
“He has scattered abroad his gifts to the
poor;
his right-ness endures forever.”
2 Corinthians 9:10
10Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for
food will also supply and
increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your right-ness.
2 Corinthians 11:15
15It is not surprising, then, if his
servants masquerade as servants of
right-ness. Their end will be what
their actions deserve.
Galatians 2:21
21I do not set aside the grace of God, for
if right-ness could be gained through
the law, Christ died for nothing!”
Galatians 3:6
6Consider Abraham: “He believed God, and
it was credited to him as
right-ness.”
Galatians 3:21
21Is the law, therefore, opposed to the
promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a
law had been given that could impart life, then right-ness would certainly
have come by the law.
Galatians 5:5
5But by faith we eagerly await
through the Spirit the right-ness for
which we
hope.
Ephesians 4:24
24and to put on the new self, created to be
like God in true right-ness and
holiness.
Ephesians 5:9
9(for the fruit of the light consists in
all goodness, right-ness and truth)
Ephesians 6:14
14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth
buckled around your waist, with the
breastplate of right-ness in place,
Philippians 1:11
11filled with the fruit of right-ness
that comes through Jesus Christ—to the
glory and praise of God.
Philippians 3:6
6as for zeal, persecuting the church; as
for legalistic right-ness, faultless.
Philippians 3:9
9and be found in him, not having a right-ness
of my own that comes from the
law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the right-ness that comes from
God and is by faith.
1 Timothy 6:11
11But you, man of God, flee from all this,
and pursue right-ness, godliness,
faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
2 Timothy 2:22
22Flee the evil desires of youth, and
pursue right-ness, faith, love and
peace,
along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
2 Timothy 3:16
16All Scripture is God-breathed and is
useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in right-ness,
2 Timothy 4:8
8Now there is in store for me the crown of
right-ness, which the Lord, the
right Judge, will award to me on that
day—and not only to me, but also to all
who have longed for his appearing.
Hebrews 1:8
8But about the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and
ever,
and right-ness
will be the scepter of your kingdom.
Hebrews 1:9
9You have loved right-ness
and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above
your companions
by anointing you with the oil of
joy.”
Hebrews 5:13
13Anyone who lives on milk, being still an
infant, is not acquainted with the
teaching about right-ness.
Hebrews 7:2
2and Abraham gave him a tenth of
everything. First, his name means “king of
right-ness”; then also, “king of
Salem” means “king of peace.”
Hebrews 11:7
7By faith Noah, when warned about things
not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark
to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the
right-ness that comes by faith.
Hebrews 12:11
11No discipline seems pleasant at the time,
but painful. Later on, however, it
produces a harvest of right-ness and
peace for those who have been trained
by it.
James 2:23
23And the scripture was fulfilled
that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was
credited to him as right-ness,”
and he was called God’s friend.
James 3:18
18Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a
harvest of right-ness.
1 Peter 2:24
24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so
that we might die to sins
and live for right-ness; by his
wounds you have been healed.
2 Peter 1:1
1Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of
Jesus Christ,
To those who through the right-ness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have
received a faith as precious as ours:
2 Peter 2:5
5if he did not spare the ancient world
when he brought the flood on its ungodly
people, but protected Noah, a preacher of right-ness,
and seven others;
2 Peter 2:21
21It would have been better for them not to
have known the way of right-ness,
than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that
was passed on to them.
2 Peter 3:13
13But in keeping with his promise we
are looking forward to a new heaven and a
new earth, the home of right-ness.
