OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 29085

righteousness

/ˈɹaɪt͡ʃəsnəs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
honradez • moralidad • rectitud
The quality or state of being righteous.
But in these days of fanaticism, that harsh and violent spirit is abroad, when men clothe their own angry passions in the garb of righteousness, and call persecution vindicating th…
beatitud • gracia • pureza • santidad
The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification.
Only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.
There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith, hope, and charity, and other Christian…