Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and long patience? Do you not know that the kindness of God is leading you to repentance?

And I myself also am confident regarding you, my brothers, that you yourselves are already full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and well able to give advice to one another.

For you were straying like lost sheep, but you are now returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Do not imitate what is evil, beloved, but that which is good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has never gazed on God.

Righteousness

being filled with the fruit of righteousness through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

But you, O servant of God, flee from these things, and run after integrity, piety, faith, love, stedfastness, gentleness.

But to the Son he says. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever, And the scepter of thy kingdom is the scepter of justice.

who through faith conquered kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

If you know that he is righteous you know also that every one who habitually practices righteousness has been born of him.

Whoever is a child of God cannot go on sinning, because his seed is abiding in him; and he cannot go on sinning because he is a child of God.

Truth

but holding the truth in love we shall grow up in every part into him who is our Head, even Christ.

Stand firm then, girt about with the belt of truth, and wearing the breastplate of righteousness,

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, and said, "Behold a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit."