Luke 1:6

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Summary

Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Righteous

Walking

Bible References

Righteous

So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.

Well now, are we Jews in a better position? Not at all. I have already charged all, Jews as well as Greeks, with being under sin ??10 as it is written, None is righteous, no, not one;

in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.

For we ourselves were once senseless, disobedient, astray, enslaved to all manner of passions and pleasures; we spent our days in malice and envy, we were hateful, and we hated one another.

Walking

With a steady look at the Sanhedrin Paul said, "Brothers, I have lived with a perfectly good conscience before God down to the present day."

Hence I too endeavour to have a clear conscience before God and men all the time.

I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.

My proud boast is the testimony of my conscience that holiness and godly sincerity, not worldly cunning but the grace of God, have marked my conduct in the outside world and in particular my relations with you.

in point of ardour a persecutor of the church, immaculate by the standard of legal righteousness.

For the grace of God has appeared to save all men,

This is how we may be sure we know him, by obeying his commands.

Let no one deceive you, my dear children: he who practises righteousness is just, as He is just;