We are not made righteous by doing righteous deeds; but when we have been made righteous, we do righteous deeds.
— Martin Luther
Righteousness and Strength
Remember Jesus FOR US is all our righteousness before a holy God, and Jesus IN US is all our strength in an ungodly world.
— Robert Murray M’Cheyne
God’s Righteousness
The righteousness of God, whereby He justifieth sinners, and sanctifieth the justified, and executeth judgment for His reconciled people, is the sweetest object of the church’s joy.
— David Dickson