“ But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness,

“人若是公义，且行正直与合理的事：

“人若是公义，行公平公义的事：

“人若是公义，行公平公义的事：

“倘若有义人秉公行义，

“人若是公义，又行公道和正直的事：

「人若是公義，且行正直與合理的事：

「人若是公義，行公平公義的事：

「人若是公義，行公平公義的事：

「倘若有義人秉公行義，

“人若是公義，又行公道和正直的事：

『人若是公義，行公平正義的事，

人若為義、循法合理、

如人為義行善。

人若虔誠、為義行善、

“ Suppose there is a righteous man who does what is just and right.

“ Suppose there is a godly man who does what is fair and right.

“ If a man is righteous and does what is just and right—

“ Suppose a certain man is righteous and does what is just and right.

“ Suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

But if a man is just And does what is lawful and right;

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

“ Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

“ Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

“ But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,

One who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to deceit And has not sworn deceitfully.He will receive a blessing from the Lord And righteousness from the God of his salvation.This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face— even Jacob. Selah

to those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life;but to those who are self serving and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, He will give wrath and indignation.There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of mankind who does evil, for the Jew first and also for the Greek,but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who does what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not just hearers who deceive themselves.For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror;for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.

“ Not everyone who says to Me,‘ Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.Many will say to Me on that day,‘ Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’And then I will declare to them,‘ I never knew you; leave Me, you who practice lawlessness.’“ Therefore, everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts on them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell— and its collapse was great.”

If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness also has been born of Him.

Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did your father not eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well for him.

By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life, and may enter the city by the gates.

One who walks with integrity, practices righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.He does not slander with his tongue, Nor do evil to his neighbor, Nor bring shame on his friend;A despicable person is despised in his eyes, But he honors those who fear the Lord; He takes an oath to his own detriment, and does not change;He does not lend his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.

To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the Lord more than sacrifice.

But when I say to the wicked,‘ You will certainly die,’ and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness,

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and follow His commandments.For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.For whoever has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.Who is the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

What use is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith, but he has no works? Can that faith save him?If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,and one of you says to them,“ Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?In the same way, faith also, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.But someone may well say,“ You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder.But are you willing to acknowledge, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?Was our father Abraham not justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar?You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected;and the Scripture was fulfilled which says,“ And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.In the same way, was Rahab the prostitute not justified by works also when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.