Answer: In the Gospel a righteousness from God is
revealed, (verse 17).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Psalm 98:2: "The Lord has made His
salvation known and revealed His righteousness to the
nations."
Proverbs 14:34: "Righteousness
exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any
people."
Proverbs 15:9: "The Lord detests
the way of the wicked but He loves those who pursue
righteousness."
Isaiah 26:9-10: "My soul yearns for
You in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for
You. When Your judgments come upon the earth, the
people of the world learn righteousness. Though grace is
shown to the wicked, they do not learn righteousness; even in a
land of uprightness they go on doing evil and regard not the
majesty of the Lord."
Isaiah 61:10: "I delight greatly in
the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For He has clothed me
with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and
as a bride adorns herself with her jewels."
Romans 3:21-26: "But now a
righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to
which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness
from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the
redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Him as a
sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood. He did this to
demonstrate His justice, because in His forbearance He had left the
sins committed beforehand unpunished--He did it to demonstrate
His justice at the present time, so as to be just and the One Who
justifies those who have faith in Jesus."
Romans 6:17-18: "But thanks be to
God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly
obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You
have been set free from sin and have become slaves to
righteousness."
Romans 8:10: "But if Christ is in
you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive
because of righteousness."
Romans 10:1-4: "Brothers, my
heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they
may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are
zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and
sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's
righteousness. Christ is the end of the law so that there may
be righteousness for everyone who believes."
1 Corinthians 1:30-31: "It is
because of Him [God] that you are in Christ Jesus, Who has become
for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness
and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: 'Let him who
boasts boast in the Lord.'"
1 Corinthians 5:21: "God made Him
Who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the
righteousness of God."
Galatians 2:20-21: "I have been
crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, Who
loved me and gave Himself for me. I do not set aside the
grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law,
Christ died for nothing!"
Ephesians 4:20-24: "You, however,
did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of Him
and were taught in Him in accordance with the Truth that is in
Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of
life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its
deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds;
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true
righteousness and holiness."
Ephesians 5:8-10: "For you were
once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children
of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness,
righteousness and Truth) and find out what pleases the
Lord."
Philippians 1:9-11: "And this is my
prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and
depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best
and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with
the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to
the glory and praise of God."
Philippians 3:7-9: "But whatever
was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What
is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing
greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for Whose sake I have
lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own that
comes from the law, but that which is through faith in
Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by
faith."
2 Timothy 3:16-17: "All Scripture
is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting
and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be
thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Hebrews 5:11-14: "We have much to
say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to
learn. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers,
you need someone to teach you the elementary Truths of God's Word
all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who
lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the
teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who
by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from
evil."
Hebrews 12:10-11: "Our fathers
disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God
disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His
holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but
painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness
and peace for those who have been trained by it."
James 2:20-24: "You foolish man, do
you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was
not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when
he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith
and his actions were working together, and his faith was made
complete by what he did. And the Scripture was fulfilled that
says, 'Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as
righteousness,' and he was called God's friend. You see
that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith
alone."
1 Peter 2:24: "He himself bore our
sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live
for righteousness; by His wounds you have been
healed."
