righteousness

⁷Little sons, let no one deceive you. Whoever does justice is just, even as he also is just.

³Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.

²⁹If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him.

²⁰For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

¹Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ. ²For through him we also have access by faith to this grace, in which we stand firm, and to glory, in the hope of the glory of the sons of God. ³And not only that, but we also find glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation exercises patience, ⁴and patience leads to proving, yet truly proving leads to hope, ⁵but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

¹⁴And yet, even when you suffer something for the sake of justice, you are blessed. So then, do not be afraid with their fear, and do not be disturbed.

²¹For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.

¹⁵The one who walks in justice and speaks the truth, who casts out avarice with oppression and shakes all bribes from his hands, who blocks his ears so that he may not listen to blood, and closes his eyes so that he may not see evil. ¹⁶Such a one will live on high; the fortification of rocks will be his lofty place. Bread has been given to him; his waters are reliable. ¹⁷His eyes will see the king in his elegance; they will discern the land from far away.

⁴For the end of the law, Christ, is unto justice for all who believe.

¹⁰But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will himself perfect, confirm, and establish us, after a brief time of suffering.

³³Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.