Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
English “righteousness” emboldened in Romans 14:17 was translated from Greek feminine noun 1343 dikaiosune from a compound of Greek adjective 1342 dikaios which describes and qualifies God’s definition of right and Greek suffix 4862 sun denoting union; in this context denoting union with God’s definition of right. I loathe the English words righteous and righteousness because they are most often self righteous and self righteousness rather than God’s definition of right.
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