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righteousnessa both-andb sanctification,c LEXICON—a. δικαιοσύνη (LN 88.13; 34.46) (BAGD 3. p. 197): ‘righteousness’ [AB, BAGD, HNTC, ICC, LN 88.13, Lns; all versions except LB, NAB, NJB, TEV, TNT], ‘justice’ [NAB], ‘saving justice’ [NJB], ‘justification’ [He], ‘uprightness’ [BAGD]. This noun is also translated as a verb: ‘to be put right with God’ [TEV], ‘to be restored in him’ [TNT], ‘acceptable to God’ [LB]. It means the righteousness that is bestowed by God [BAGD]. It means doing what God
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