Question: What is righteousness? Code 1343. dikaiosune. TDNT 2:174 n f 92X AV Ardnt/Gingrich: 1. Uprightness; justice as characteristic of a judge (Acts 17:31; Rev. 19:4). 2. In a moral and religious sense: uprightness, righteousness, the characteristic required of men by God. a. In the sense of fulfilling the divine statutes Mt. 3:15 b. Uprightness as the compelling motive for the conduct of one's whole life: hunger and thirst for uprightness Mt. 5:6; cf. 6:33. (P.196) Passages: Mt. 5:20 Acts 13:10 enemy of R. **Rom. 1:16,17; 3:22,25-26; 4:6. What can wash away my sins? Rom. 6:13-18 How become servants of righteousness? cf. 10:9-10. Rom. 10:3-4 Must not make mistake of the Jews. 2 Cor. 11:15 Watch out for the counterfeit. 2 Tim. 3:16 Scriptures profitable for instruction in R. 2 Pet. 2:21 Way of Righteousness.