and concerningrighteousness,becauseI goto the Fatherand you no longerseeMe;
The LORDwas pleasedfor His righteousness'sakeTo makethe lawgreatand glorious.
"Seventyweekshave been decreedfor your peopleand your holycity,to finishthe transgression,to makean endof sin,to makeatonementfor iniquity,to bringin everlastingrighteousness,to sealup visionand prophecyand to anointthe mostholy[place].
"I came forthfrom the Fatherand have comeinto the world;I am leavingthe worldagainand goingto the Father."
"But nowI am goingto Him who sentMe; and noneof you asksMe, 'Whereare You going?'
"As Mosesliftedup the serpentin the wilderness,even somustthe Sonof Manbe liftedup;
"There is anotherwho testifiesof Me, and I knowthat the testimonywhichHe givesaboutMe is true.
ThereforeJesussaid,"For a littlewhilelongerI amwith you, thenI goto Him who sentMe.
becauseHe has fixeda dayin whichHe willjudgethe worldin righteousnessthrougha ManwhomHe has appointed,having furnishedproofto all menby raisingHim from the dead."
"ThisJesusGodraised up again,to whichwe are allwitnesses.
"But you disownedthe Holyand Righteous Oneand askedfor a murdererto be grantedto you,
"Which oneof the prophetsdid your fathersnot persecute?They killedthosewho had previously announcedthe comingof the Righteous One,whosebetrayersand murderersyou have nowbecome;
For in it [the] righteousnessof Godis revealedfrom faithto faith;as it is written,"BUT THE RIGHTEOUS[man] SHALL LIVEBY FAITH."
But by His doing you are in ChristJesus,whobecameto us wisdomfrom God,and righteousnessand sanctification,and redemption,
He madeHim who knewnosin[to be] sinon our behalf,sothat we might becomethe righteousnessof Godin Him.
For we through the Spirit,by faith,are waitingfor the hopeof righteousness.
By common confession,greatis the mysteryof godliness:He whowas revealedin the flesh,Was vindicatedin the Spirit,Seenby angels,Proclaimedamongthe nations,Believedon in the world,Takenup in glory.
For Christalsodiedfor sinsonce for all,[the] justfor [the] unjust,sothat He might bringus to God,having been put to deathin the flesh,but made alivein the spirit;
