Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you, and these men knew that you had sent me.

But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it. It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction.

For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.

The Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of uprightness, peace, and happiness through the possession of the holy Spirit.

for light leads to perfect goodness, uprightness, and truth;

But Jesus answered, "Let it be so this time, for it is right for us to do everything that God requires." Then John consented.

"Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for uprightness, for they will be satisfied!

"Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!

For I tell you that unless your uprightness is far superior to that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never even enter the Kingdom of Heaven!

"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

But you must make his kingdom, and uprightness before him, your greatest care, and you will have all these other things besides.

For John came to you with a way of uprightness, and you would not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes believed him, but even after seeing that, you would not change your minds and believe him!

When he comes, he will bring conviction to the world about sin and uprightness and judgment;

about uprightness, as shown by my going away to the Father, where you can no longer see me;

In it God's way of uprightness is disclosed through faith and for faith, just as the Scripture says, "The upright will have life because of his faith."

But in your obstinacy and impenitence you are storing up wrath for yourself on the Day of Wrath, when the justice of God will burst forth.

So we see that it was their unbelief that kept them from being admitted to it.

As the Scripture says, "There is not a single man who is upright,

for what does the Scripture say? "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness."

but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness.

So you, in turn, my brothers, in the body of Christ have become dead as far as the Law is concerned, so that you may belong to another husband, who was raised from the dead in order that we might bear fruit for God.

For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.

But you are his children, through your union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom??ur uprightness and consecration and redemption,

I refuse to nullify the mercy of God. For if uprightness could be secured through law, then Christ died for nothing!

Whoever commits sin disobeys law; sin is disobedience to law. You know that he appeared to take our sins away, and that there is no sin in him. read more. No one who keeps in union with him sins. Anyone who sins has never seen him or come to know him. Dear children, let no one mislead you; whoever acts uprightly is upright, just as he is upright.

She has been permitted to wear clean, glistening linen, for linen represents the upright deeds of God's people."