Quotes about Righteousness
but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
— Romans 4:24
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
— Romans 5:7
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
— Romans 5:17
So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
— Romans 5:18
For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
— Romans 5:19
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
— Romans 5:21
What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
— Romans 6:1
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
— Romans 6:13
For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
— Romans 6:14
Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
— Romans 6:16
You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
— Romans 6:18
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
— Romans 6:19