Self-Righteousness
Self-Righteousness
self-rchus-nes: A term that has come to designate moral living as a way of salvation; or as a ground for neglecting the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. The thought is present in the teaching of Jesus, who spoke one parable particularly to such as reckoned themselves to be righteous (Luk 18:9 ff). The Pharisees quite generally resented the idea of Jesus that all men needed repentance and they most of all. They regarded themselves as righteous and looked with contempt on sinners. Paul in all his writings, especially Rom 3; Gal 3; Eph 2; Phil 3, contrasts the righteousness that is God’s gift to men of faith in Jesus Christ, with righteousness that is of the law and in the flesh. By this latter he means formal conformity to legal requirements in the strength of unregenerate human nature. He is careful to maintain (compare Rom 7) that the Law is never really kept by one’s own power. On the other hand, in full agreement with Jesus, Paul looks to genuine righteousness in living as the demand and achievement of salvation based on faith. God’s gift here consists in the capacity progressively to realize righteousness in life (compare Rom 8:1 ff). See also SANCTIFICATION.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Self-Righteousness
General references
Num 16:3; Deu 9:4-6; 1Sa 2:9; Job 6:13; Job 11:4-6; Job 12:2; Job 13:3; Job 13:13; Job 13:15; Job 13:18-19; Job 16:17-18; Job 18:2-4; Job 21:27-29; Job 22:2-3; Job 32:1-2; Job 33:8-9; Job 35:2; Job 35:7-8; Psa 10:5-6; Pro 12:15; Pro 14:12; Pro 16:2; Pro 20:6; Pro 21:2; Pro 25:14; Pro 25:27; Pro 26:12; Pro 27:2; Pro 27:21; Pro 28:13; Pro 28:26; Pro 30:12-13; Isa 5:21; Isa 28:17; Isa 28:20; Isa 47:7; Isa 50:11; Isa 64:6; Isa 65:3-5; Jer 2:13; Jer 2:22-23; Jer 2:34-35; Jer 7:4; Jer 8:8; Jer 17:5; Jer 49:4; Jer 49:16; Eze 33:24-26; Hos 12:8; Amo 6:13; Hab 2:4; Zep 3:11; Mat 7:22-23; Mat 9:10-13; Mar 2:16; Luk 5:30; Mat 16:6; Mar 8:15; Mat 19:16-22; Mar 10:17-22; Luk 18:18-23; Mat 22:12-13; Mat 23:29-31; Luk 7:36-50; Luk 10:25-37; Luk 15:2; Luk 15:25-32; Luk 16:14-15; Luk 18:9-14; Joh 9:34; Joh 9:39-41; Rom 2:17-20; Rom 3:27; Rom 10:3; Rom 11:19-21; 2Co 1:9; 2Co 10:17-18; Gal 6:3; Rev 3:17-18 Hypocrisy; Self-exaltation
Instances of:
– Saul
1Sa 15:13-31
– Young man
Mar 10:17-22; Luk 18:18-23; Mat 19:16-22
– Lawyer
Luk 10:25-37
– Pharisees
Luk 11:33-54; Joh 8:33-59; Joh 9:28-34
– Israel
Rom 10:3
– Church of Laodicea
Rev 3:17