Mat 5:20, Luk 1:74-75, Act 10:35, Rom 6:11, 16, 22, Eph 5:9, Phili 1:11 | ESV | STEP | For I tell you , unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees , you will never enter the kingdom of heaven .

f[See ver. 34 above]

g Isa. 64:5

hSee ver. 2

i[ver. 20; Matt. 6:24]; See John 8:34

kSee ver. 18

l 1 Cor. 7:22; 1 Pet. 2:16

m ch. 7:4

n 1 Pet. 1:9

o[Gal. 5:22]; See Rom. 7:4

p[Col. 1:6, 10]; See James 3:18

q[John 15:4, 5]

rSee Eph. 1:12, 14

Matthew 5:20

20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds ^athat of the scribes and Pharisees, you ^bwill never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:74-75

74 that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him ^cwithout fear,
75 ^din holiness and righteousness before him ^eall our days.

Acts 10:35

35 but ^fin every nation anyone who fears him and ^gdoes what is right is acceptable to him.

Romans 6:11

11 So you also must consider yourselves ^hdead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 6:16

16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves ⁱto anyone as obedient slaves, ^{▼▼For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface (twice in this verse and verse 19; also once in verses 17, 20)} you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

Romans 6:22

22 But now that you ^khave been set free from sin and ^lhave become slaves of God, ^mthe fruit you get leads to sanctification and ⁿits end, eternal life.

Ephesians 5:9

9 (for ^othe fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),

Philippians 1:11

11 filled ^pwith the fruit of righteousness that comes ^qthrough Jesus Christ, ^rto the glory and praise of God.