Luke 1:6 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶ They both did what was right in God’s sight [by] living blamelessly according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And they both were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Common English Bible

⁶ They were both righteous before God, blameless in their observance of all the Lord’s commandments and regulations.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.

Luke 1:6 Cross References

Luke 1:7

But they had no children, because Elizabeth was unable to bear offspring due to their both being very old.

Luke 16:15

And He said to them, “You are people who claim to be just in the eyes of [other] people, but God knows [what is in] your hearts. For that which is held up as most important among people [i.e., fame or fortune (?)] is disgusting in the eyes of God.

Luke 2:25

Now there was a righteous and devoted man named Simeon at Jerusalem, who was expecting the consolation of the Israelites [i.e., the coming of the Messiah to save them], and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 2:25

King David said this about Jesus [Psa. 16:8ff], ‘I always see the Lord in front of me, He is at my right side for protection;

Acts 23:1

Paul [then] looked intently at the Council [i.e., the Jewish Supreme Court called the “Sanhedrin”] and spoke [in his defense]: “Brothers, I have lived before God with a good conscience all my life.”

Acts 24:16

So, for this reason I make every effort to have a clear conscience before God and men at all times.

Acts 8:21

You do not have any share or involvement in this matter because your heart is not right before God.

Romans 8:4

so that the requirements of the law could be [considered] fulfilled in us, who do not live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, but according to [the promptings of] the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 11:2

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for remaining loyal to the [inspired] traditions which I have handed on to you.

2 Corinthians 1:12

For this is what we boast of: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and godly sincerity, not with human wisdom, but with the favor of God.

Philippians 2:15

so that you will be without just blame and innocent [of wrongdoing], children of God without fault in the middle of a crooked and perverted generation of people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,

Colossians 1:22

yet now God has reconciled [you] to Himself through the death of Christ’s physical body in order to present you holy, without fault and free from just blame before Him [on judgment day].

1 Thessalonians 3:13

May the Lord strengthen your hearts so you will be [found] without just blame and holy, in the presence of our God and Father, when our Lord Jesus Christ returns with all of His holy ones [i.e., angels. See Mark 8:38; II Thess. 1:7].

2 Peter 3:14

So, my dearly loved ones, while you are waiting for these things [to happen], do your best to be found at peace with God, pure and blameless in His sight.

1 John 2:29

If you know that Christ is [truly] righteous [verse 1], then you should also know that everyone who does what is right has been [spiritually] conceived [and eventually born] by God [See 5:18].

1 John 2:3

And here is how we can be assured that we know Jesus [i.e., that we are saved]: [It is] by obeying what He commands us.

1 John 3:7

Little children [i.e., dear ones], do not allow anyone to lead you astray [from the truth]; the person who continues to do what is right is [considered by God as] righteous, even as Christ is righteous.