<OL TYPE="1"><LI>righteous, observing divine laws<OL TYPE="a"><LI>in a wide sense, upright, righteous, virtuous, keeping the commands of God<OL TYPE="1"><LI>of those who seem to themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves to be righteous, who pride themselves in their virtues, whether real or imagined<LI>innocent, faultless, guiltless<LI>used of him whose way of thinking, feeling, and acting is wholly conformed to the will of God, and who therefore needs no rectification in the heart or life 1a</OL><LI>only Christ truly<OL TYPE="4"><LI>approved of or acceptable of God</OL><LI>in a narrower sense, rendering to each his due and that in a judicial sense, passing just judgment on others, whether expressed in words or shown by the manner of dealing with them</OL></OL>