Since they are ignorant of the righteousness of God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ #– #the righteousness from God based on faith.
And he told them, ‘You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.
For moths will devour them like a garment, and worms will eat them like wool. But my righteousness will last for ever, and my salvation for all generations.
All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
and I acted with hostility towards them and brought them into the land of their enemies #– #and when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those who have received a faith equal to ours through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Seventy weeks are decreed about your people and your holy city – to bring the rebellion to an end, to put a stop to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy place.
Look up to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die like gnats. , But my salvation will last for ever, and my righteousness will never be shattered.
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug.