RIGHTEOUSNESS
(See also Integrity; Justification; Self-Righteousness)
Abraham: w85 12/1 15; ad 436; im 187; w60 731; w54 521; el 48-52; w45 231-233; w33 157
basis for peace: w66 488-489
before God: w85 12/1 4-7
being “righteous overmuch” (Ec 7:16): w82 6/1 14; w80 3/15 3; w77 469-470; w77 620; lp 188-189
benefits of demonstrating: w72 8-9; g64 2/22 3-4
“breastplate of righteousness” (Eph 6:14): w84 10/15 17; w83 1/15 25-26; w79 9/1 6; km 12/79 1; w56 367; w51 379; w43 157; w41 347; rg 218; w39 236
Christ’s body members: w85 12/1 10-12; ad 437; w69 181-182; w66 155; w65 722; g64 7/22 27; w62 38; w56 56; w54 522; nh 163-165; lg 299-301; g47 2/22 16-17; w45 183, 232-236; w44 214-215, 348-350; ch 40-41, 44-45
“crown of righteousness” (2Ti 4:8): w79 7/1 30; ka 242
declared righteous (justified): w85 12/1 3-18; w81 3/15 30-31; sl 82-83, 87; w74 252; ad 436-438
Bible view: w85 12/1 7
Catholic view: w85 12/1 5-7
Protestant view: w85 12/1 6-7
discussion: w85 12/1 3-18; ad 1410-1412
“free” gift (Ro 5:16, 17): w74 599
guide to: g60 4/22 3-4; w49 85
‘happy are those persecuted’ for sake of (Mt 5:10): w83 5/1 12-17; w78 3/1 5-6; gh 32-33; w71 491-496
“hungering and thirsting for” (Mt 5:6): w78 2/15 8-9; g71 7/22 27-28
hypocritical: w80 5/1 6-7; w60 209-210; w53 62-63, 294; w51 99, 115-116; w47 132; w45 211
imputed to “great crowd”: w85 12/1 16-17; w83 10/1 18, 31
“Jehovah Is Our Righteousness” (Jer 23:6): w79 9/1 26-27, 31; w79 12/1 19
Jehovah’s: w80 12/15 15-16; w76 337-349; w72 365; ad 1411; g68 3/8 7
meaning of term: w85 12/1 4-5; w76 338; ad 1410-1411; w61 271; el 48-49; g49 7/22 24; w38 181; lb 23; w31 379
Messiah’s righteous rule: w79 8/15 5-8
not by means of a law code: g79 7/8 10-12; el 53-58; w45 181-183
“other sheep”: w85 12/1 16-18; w85 12/15 30; w69 182-183; w65 722; w62 40; w60 317; w58 71; sr55 181; w54 254-255, 522-523; nh 355-356; w52 670; lg 282; el 290; w48 156; w45 251-253; w41 364
practicing: ad 1354, 1411; g66 3/22 5-8; g65 1/22 5-6
progressive enlightenment for the righteous: w81 12/1 16-31
“righteous man’s reward” (Mt 10:41): w66 191-192
right motive: w78 7/15 30
seeking: uw 87-92; w81 8/15 24-25; g64 10/8 29; w63 103-104, 136; w62 115; g61 12/8 3; w60 16, 628-630; sw 25-31; g60 1/22 3-4; pa 210; sr55 58-59, 363; w54 523; w45 251-252; mk 20-24; ci 355-356
God’s: w74 250; w74 534; ts 188-189; w73 437, 440-442
through good works: w80 5/1 3, 5-8
“sleeveless coat of righteousness” (Isa 61:10): w78 7/1 30
subjects of new system of things: w74 293-294; w63 135-136; w60 163-164; g60 4/22 21-23; pa 222; w55 442-444; w52 175-176; w45 299; ci 353-354
suffering for: w83 5/1 12-17; g80 10/22 7; w62 263-264; w58 206-207; w53 58; w51 550; w47 340; w43 57, 104, 119-120, 153; w42 212
symbolic representation: ad 356, 359, 814, 1069; w68 394; w67 178; w51 115; w46 168; w38 62, 238; w37 190; v-3 180, 197-198; w31 379
“trees of righteousness” (Isa 61:3): w78 7/1 20-21, 27-28; w49 311; w42 298; w35 168; w33 250; pp 76; lt-2-30 258