The fact is one cannot isolate any of these definitions as the single meaning of the phrase. Each definition is applicable in various contexts. The fourth and finaldefinition, however, is probably the one that Paul has in mind in Rom. 1:17.4By Allen Dvorak...
This righteousness is expressed both in His just condemnation of sinners and in His declaring and then actually making believers righteous (Rom. 3:3-5, 25- 26). The fact is one cannot isolate any of these definitions as the single meaning of the phrase. Each definition is applicable in ...