Is there any connection between righteousness and goodness? Only this: the greatest goodness comes in connection to righteousness. There is a goodness without righteousness, but it is not the greatest goodness. But righteousness without goodness is no righteousness at all. This doesn’t mean that a righteous person cannot be a sinner—in fact, it is a requirement that the righteous person recognize their sin. Rather, it means that a righteous person, if she truly has a relationship with God, will certainly have goodness. Because when one really has a relationship with God, it changes all other relationships for the better.
Righteousness doesn’t make one perfect, but it does lead one closer to the goal of being good.
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