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And they were both righteousk before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinancesl of the Lord blameless.

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Gen. 7:1• ¹And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. (Gen. 7:1)

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1 Kings 9:4• ⁴And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: (1 Kings 9:4)

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2 Kings 20:3• ³I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (2 Kings 20:3)

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1 Cor. 11:2• ²Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. (1 Cor. 11:2)

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Phil. 3:6• ⁶Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. (Phil. 3:6)

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Luke 16:15• ¹⁵And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. (Luke 16:15)

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Gen. 6:9• ⁹These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. (Gen. 6:9)

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Gen. 7:1• ¹And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. (Gen. 7:1)

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Gen. 17:1• ¹And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. (Gen. 17:1)

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Job 1:1,8• ¹There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
⁸And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? (Job 1:1,8)

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Job 9:2• ²I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? (Job 9:2)

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Rom. 3:9‑25• ⁹What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
¹⁰As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
¹¹There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
¹²They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
¹³Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
¹⁴Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
¹⁵Their feet are swift to shed blood:
¹⁶Destruction and misery are in their ways:
¹⁷And the way of peace have they not known:
¹⁸There is no fear of God before their eyes.
¹⁹Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
²⁰Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
²¹But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
²²Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
²³For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
²⁴Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
²⁵Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; (Rom. 3:9‑25)

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Phil. 3:6‑9• ⁶Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
⁷But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
⁸Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
⁹And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: (Phil. 3:6‑9)

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Titus 3:3‑7• ³For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
⁴But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
⁵Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
⁶Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:3‑7)

walking.

1 Kings 9:4• ⁴And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: (1 Kings 9:4)

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2 Kings 20:3• ³I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (2 Kings 20:3)

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Psa. 119:6• ⁶Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. (Psa. 119:6)

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Acts 23:1• ¹And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. (Acts 23:1)

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Acts 24:16• ¹⁶And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. (Acts 24:16)

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1 Cor. 11:2• ²Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. (1 Cor. 11:2)

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2 Cor. 1:12• ¹²For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. (2 Cor. 1:12)

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Phil. 3:6• ⁶Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. (Phil. 3:6)

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Titus 2:11‑14• ¹¹For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
¹²Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
¹³Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
¹⁴Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:11‑14)

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1 John 2:3,29• ³And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
²⁹If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. (1 John 2:3,29)

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1 John 3:7• ⁷Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. (1 John 3:7)

blameless.

Phil. 2:15• ¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; (Phil. 2:15)

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Col. 1:22• ²²In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: (Col. 1:22)

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1 Thess. 3:13• ¹³To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. (1 Thess. 3:13)

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2 Peter 3:14• ¹⁴Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. (2 Peter 3:14)

• The Jewish ordinances of the Old Testament and the thoughts and expectations connected with them are the framework in which this great and solemn event is set. (“Luke 1” by J.N. Darby)

• “righteous before God,”(ch. 1:6) from which we may deduce that they were a couple marked by faith, and consequently they were marked by obedience to the instructions of the law. (“Luke 1” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinancesd of the Lord blameless.

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Dikaioma. see Rom. 1.32.

W. Kelly Translation

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And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.