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Righteousness

Righteousness is one of the most common biblical concepts. It can describe human character (both approvingly of good character, and ironically of self-righteousness), the actions of people who follow God’s commandments, God's ways generally, and Christians after the Final Judgment. 

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The differences between righteous character, righteous deeds, and righteous legal standing can be seen in the fact that inspired Scripture calls certain people righteous in mundane character [Matt 1:19], says their deeds are righteous if done by following The Law [Luke 1:6] or The Holy Spirit [Luke 2:25], but then says "Not one is righteous" in legal standing [Rom 3:10–12].

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Some relevant data points are below. Most notably, Jesus is The Righteous One whom The Father promised to crush in order to justify the many by bearing their sin [Isa 53:11], and whom both Peter and Stephen explicitly identify as Jesus [Acts 3:18 and 7:52, respectively]. It was in this way that Jeremiah, prophesying from God, said that Jesus would be known as "Yahweh Our Righteousness." 
 

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Yahweh   

The Righteous One, צַדִיק ⇒ Isa 24:16 (glory to).


The Father   

righteous, δίκαιος ⇒ 1 John 1:9.

Righteous Father, Πάτερ δίκαιος ⇒ John 17:25.

 

The Son

righteous, δίκαιος ⇒ [2x] 1 John 2:29; 3:7.

The Righteous Branch, צֶ֫מַח צְדָקָה ⇒ Jer 23:5; 33:15.

The Righteous Judge ⇒ 2 Tim 4:8.

The Righteous One, צַדִיק, (ὁ) δίκαιος ⇒ [5x] Isa 53:11; Acts 3:14; 7:52; 22:14; 1 John 2:1. 

Isa 53:11 ⇒ The Righteous One, whom The Father would crush in order to justify the

many by bearing their sin. 

Acts 3:14 ⇒ The Holy and Righteous One, ὁ ἅγιος καὶ δίκαιος.

Acts 7:52 ⇒ The Coming of The Righteous One, which was foretold.

The Righteousness of God ⇒ [2x] Rom 3:21; Phil 3:9.

Rom 3:21 ⇒ δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ (equated with the faithfulness of Jesus Christ in 3:22). 

Phil 3:9 ⇒ ἡ ἐκ θεοῦ δικαιοσύνη (equated with the faithfulness of Jesus Christ).

Yahweh our Righteousness, יהוה צִדְקֵנוּ ⇒

Jer 23:6 ⇒ The Righteous Branch of David in 23:5.

Jer 33:16 ⇒ The Righteous Branch of David in 33:15.

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