GOODNESS

(See also Virtue)

benefits: w19.03 28

Bible examples: w19.03 27

Jesus Christ: w22.03 11

“cling to what is good” (Ro 12:9): w07 7/1 23-24

cultivating: w19.03 27-28

discussion: scl 51; w19.03 26-28; it-1 986; w07 7/15 24; w91 8/15 13-23

doing good to others: w19.03 27-28; w12 1/15 23; w05 11/1 7; km 4/05 1; w00 1/15 26

health benefits: wp17.2 14; w88 10/15 21; g88 7/22 30

elders: w06 5/1 20-21

force for moral good: w04 12/1 6-7

accurate knowledge: w06 1/1 6-7

fruitage of God’s spirit (Ga 5:22): w19.03 26-28; it-1 986; w11 4/15 24-25; w02 1/15 17; w91 8/15 13-14, 18-23

fruit of the light (Eph 5:9): w02 1/15 16-17

“good that I wish I do not do” (Ro 7:19): w91 9/1 31

Greek word: w91 8/15 19

Jehovah’s: mwb24.03 2; scl 51; cl 270-279; w19.03 26-27; it-1 986; w02 1/15 10-15; w92 12/15 10-12; w91 8/15 13-18; w90 9/15 13-14; w89 12/1 3-7

“taste and see” (Ps 34:8): w21.08 26-31; w17.12 26-27; yp2 295-296; w02 9/1 29; w87 4/15 19-20

Jehovah’s organization: w06 7/15 19-23

“love what is good” (Am 5:15): w04 11/15 23-24

manifesting goodness: w03 1/15 28-31; km 8/03 1; w02 1/15 16-20; w91 8/15 18-23

whether key to secure future: wp21.3 9-11

meaning of term: cl 270-271; w19.03 26; it-1 986; w02 1/15 10-11; w91 8/15 14; w90 9/1 28; w89 12/1 4

“nobody is good, except one, God” (Mr 10:18): cl 271; it-1 986; jy 224; gt chapter 96; w89 8/1 8; rs 210

righteousness differs: scl 104; cl 271; it-2 809-810

seeing good in others: w14 6/15 28-32; w03 6/15 17-22; w02 8/15 13

“sign meaning goodness” (Ps 86:17): w92 12/15 17-18

virtue a form of: w93 7/15 22-23

what makes people good or evil: g 4/10 20-21

whether “being good” is all God requires: g 7/07 20-21

whether one can be good without being religious: w06 9/1 3-5

whether one can be good without belief in God: w17.11 21

whether religion is a force for good: w04 2/15 3-4

why hard to do good: lr 137-141

“without love of goodness” (2Ti 3:3): ijwbq article 185

‘working what is good toward all’ (Ga 6:10): w93 7/1 22-23