righteousness
dikaiosune is the right conduct pursued and practiced before God, also described as received through faith and present in judgment.
The term most often names conduct that people practice, pursue, seek, or display in life before God. It also appears in clauses about what is credited or received through faith, and in settings of judgment, ministry, and the future world.
Senses in use
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Right conduct practiced and pursued · dominant
In 1 John 3:7 and 1 John 3:10, the accusative singular occurs in clauses about practicing it, distinguishing the one who does so from the one who does not. Matthew 6:1 warns against doing it before people for display, while 1 Timothy 6:11 and 2 Timothy 2:22 place it among qualities to pursue; in 1 Peter 2:24 the APB renders the purpose clause as living “to righteousness.”
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Righteousness credited or received through faith · common
Galatians 3:6 and James 2:23 place the accusative singular in the statement that Abraham's belief was counted or credited “as righteousness.” Philippians 3:9 contrasts a righteousness of one’s own from law with that “from God” and dependent on faith, and 2 Corinthians 5:21 states that believers might become “the righteousness of God in him.”
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Righteousness in judgment and ordered life · occasional
Acts 17:31 uses the dative singular in the clause that the world will be judged in righteousness, and 2 Corinthians 3:9 contrasts a ministry of condemnation with a ministry of righteousness. In 2 Peter 3:13, the nominative singular identifies what dwells in the awaited new heavens and new earth; 2 Corinthians 6:14 sets it against lawlessness in a question about participation.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the term with “righteousness” language in clauses about practice, pursuit, faith, and judgment. In Hebrews 11:33 it renders the wider clause “administered justice”; That variation cannot by itself define the term.