Dictionary of Bible Themes Self-righteousness is an obstacle to the gospel, which insists that true righteousness can only be found in Jesus Christ. Job 9:2The real issue of righteousness See also 1 Samuel 6:20Job 4:17; 15:14; 32:2 Job 40:8 Psalms 130:3 Although Elihu had misjudged Job, his main point, that only God was righteous, was correct Romans 3:20True righteousness is not the result of human effort See also Romans 9:31Even though God's law tells people what God requires, human beings cannot keep it because of the weakness of their sinful human natures. Galatians 2:16; 3:11Ephesians 2:8-9 Titus 3:5 1 John 2:16 2 Chronicles 6:36 Self-righteousness is a contradiction in terms Isaiah 64:6See also Ezra 9:15Psalms 14:3 Ecclesiastes 7:20 Daniel 9:7 Romans 3:10,23 Isaiah 2:22 God calls people from their pretended self-righteousness See also Psalms 75:2-4Jeremiah 17:5 Matthew 5:20 Romans 10:3 True righteouness See also It comes from God Psalms 98:2Isaiah 46:13; 51:5 Jeremiah 9:23-24 Romans 1:17 Acts 13:39 See also It is grounded in Jesus Christ 1 Corinthians 1:302 Corinthians 5:21 Romans 5:1 See also It comes about by faith Galatians 5:5Ephesians 2:8 Luke 18:13-14 See also It is received in humility Romans 3:27; 4:21 Corinthians 1:31; 4:7 2 Corinthians 11:30; 12:9 Galatians 6:13-14 Ephesians 2:9 Philippians 3:7-9 See also 6682 mediation8020 faith 8158 righteousness of believers 8775 libertinism |
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