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Luke 1:6

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

KJV

ἦσαν δὲ δίκαιοι ἀμφότεροι ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ, πορευόμενοι ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἐντολαῖς καὶ δικαιώμασιν τοῦ κυρίου ἄμεμπτοι.

Greek NT

Erant autem justi ambo ante Deum, incedentes in omnibus mandatis et justificationibus Domini sine querela.

Vulgate

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

ASV

And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and justifications of the Lord without blame.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δίκαιος
dikaios
adjective · 79×
δικαίωμα
dikaioma
noun · 10×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀμφότερος
amphoteros
adjective · 14×
ἄμεμπτος
amemptos
adjective · 5×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐναντίον
enantion
adverb · 4×
ἐντολή
entole
noun · 66×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐναντίον | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐναντίον | RP: ἐνώπιον
  • ἐναντίονSBLGNT
  • ἐναντίονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐνώπιονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Proofs of the foregoing, drawn from the Gospels of Mark and Luke. 1. Luke also, the follower and disciple of the apostles, referring to Zacharias and Elisabeth, from whom, according to promise, John was born, says: And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. Luke 1:6 And again, speaking of Zacharias: And it came…
2. And what may be the reason that Matthew said not at the beginning, in the same way as the prophet, the vision which I saw, and the word which came unto me? Because he was writing unto men well disposed, and exceedingly attentive to him. For both the miracles that were done cried aloud, and they who received the word were exceeding faithful. But in the case of the prophets, t…
1. Soter, bishop of the church of Rome, died after an episcopate of eight years, and was succeeded by Eleutherus, the twelfth from the apostles. In the seventeenth year of the Emperor Antoninus Verus, the persecution of our people was rekindled more fiercely in certain districts on account of an insurrection of the masses in the cities; and judging by the number in a single nat…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 11:2 — Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
  • 1John 2:3 — And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
  • 1John 3:7 — Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
  • 1Kgs 9:4 — And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
  • 1Kgs 9:4 — And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
  • 1Kgs 15:5 — Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  • 1Thess 3:13 — To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
  • 1Tim 2:2 — For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
  • 1Tim 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  • 2Chr 6:14 — And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
  • 2Chr 17:4 — But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
  • 2Kgs 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
  • 2Pet 3:14 — Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • Acts 24:16 — And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
  • Col 1:22 — In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
  • Col 2:14 — Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
  • Deut 5:33 — Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
  • Deut 8:6 — Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
  • Deut 13:4 — Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
  • Deut 28:1 — And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set
  • Eccl 2:26 — For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This a
  • Exod 36:1 — Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all t
  • Ezek 11:20 — That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
  • Gen 5:22 — And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
  • Gen 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
  • Gen 6:11 — The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Gen 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
  • Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Gen 17:1 — And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
  • Isa 33:15 — He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet
  • Isa 57:2 — He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
  • Jas 1:27 — Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
  • Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
  • Job 1:1 — There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
  • Job 1:8 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
  • Luke 2:25 — And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
  • Mal 2:6 — The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
  • Matt 3:15 — And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
  • Matt 6:33 — But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
  • Num 2:34 — And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of th