said for most of these ideas. No one of them exhausts the uses of the phrase in the New Testament. 1. Personal Righteousness This is the first result, the sine qua non of human progress. “But seek ye first his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matt. 6:33). The first thing in the program of the individual life must be the reign of God in the heart. This makes possible personal goodness after the pattern of God’s own standard. This is the summum bonum, the
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