What I am trying to answer here is what Paul means by the phrase righteousness of God (dikaiosynē theou) and by the term righteousness when he uses these expressions to refer to God’s saving righteousness. Paul often uses the noun righteousness to denote ethical righteousness—the kind of behavior that pleases God (e.g., Rom. 6:13, 16, 18, 19, 20; 2 Cor. 6:7, 14; 9:9; 11:15; Eph. 4:24; 5:9; 6:14; Phil. 1:11; 3:6; 1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 2:22; 3:16; 4:8; Titus 3:5). Everyone agrees