Right (not wrong–Noun and Adjective), Rightly
Right (not wrong–Noun and Adjective), Rightly
“authority, power,” is translated “right” in the RV, for AV, “power,” in Joh 1:12; Rom 9:21; 1Co 9:4-6, 1Co 9:12 (twice), 1Co 9:18; 2Th 3:9, where the “right” is that of being maintained by those among whom the ministers of the gospel had labored, a “right” possessed in virtue of the “authority” given them by Christ, Heb 13:10; Rev 22:14.
Exousia first denotes “freedom to act” and then “authority for the action.” This is first true of God, Act 1:7. It was exercised by the Son of God, as from, and in conjunction with, the Father when the Lord was upon earth, in the days of His flesh, Mat 9:6; Joh 10:18, as well as in resurrection, Mat 28:18; Joh 17:2. All others hold their freedom to act from God (though some of them have abused it), whether angels, Eph 1:21, or human potentates, Rom 13:1. Satan offered to delegate his authority over earthly kingdoms to Christ, Luk 4:6, who, though conscious of His “right” to it, refused, awaiting the Divinely appointed time. See AUTHORITY, No. 1, and for various synonyms see DOMINION, No. 1, Note.
“just, righteous, that which is in accordance with” dike, “rule, right, justice,” is translated “right” in Mat 20:4; Mat 20:7, AV only (RV omits, according to the most authentic mss. the clause having been inserted from verse 4, to the detriment of the narrative); Luk 12:57; Act 4:19; Eph 6:1; Phi 1:7, RV (AV, “meet”); 2Pe 1:13 (AV, “meet”). See JUST, RIGHTEOUS.
“straight,” hence, metaphorically, “right,” is so rendered in Act 8:21, of the heart; Act 13:10, of the ways of the Lord; 2Pe 2:15. See STRAIGHT.
“rightly” (akin to orthos, “straight, direct”), is translated “plain” in Mar 7:35; in Luk 7:43; Luk 20:21, “rightly;” in Luk 10:28, “right.”
Notes: (1) For “right mind” see MIND, B, No. 5. (2) For the AV, “rightly” in 2Ti 2:15, see DIVIDE, A, No. 8.