True Righteousness According to Scripture. Righteousness is not a vague spiritual quality or a feeling of being “right with God.” It is a concrete, defined concept in Scripture—one that reflects the very character of God.

What the Bible Says About Justification. What does it mean to be “justified”? For many, it’s just a theological word—important, perhaps, but abstract. For others, it's confused with “being made better” or “trying harder.” But Scripture makes one thing unmistakably clear: justification is not about what we do—it's about what God declares.