{"id":4772,"date":"2020-05-19T18:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T18:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.azurewebsites.net\/nlt\/?p=4772"},"modified":"2021-12-08T09:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T09:19:46","slug":"reader-question-why-does-the-nlt-use-justice-in-romans-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/2020\/05\/19\/reader-question-why-does-the-nlt-use-justice-in-romans-56\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader Question: Why Does the NLT Use &#8220;Justice&#8221; in Romans 5:6?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>We had a reader ask us why the NLT uses the word &#8220;justice&#8221; instead of &#8220;righteousness&#8221; in Romans 5:6. Mark Norton, Bible Editorial Director and member of the NLT Bible Translation Committee, talks about this translation choice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a good question. The NLT translators used the term\n\u201cjustice\u201d in Matthew 5:6 to translate the Greek noun dikaiosune, rather than\nthe more general rendering \u201crighteousness.\u201d The alternate rendering\n\u201crighteousness\u201d is given in the textual footnote, showing that the translation\ncommittee recognizes the value of both \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201crighteousness\u201d for\ncatching dimensions of the intended meaning here. The English term\n\u201crighteousness\u201d is most often associated with the idea of imputed and personal\npurity before God. The term \u201cjustice\u201d is a term used to describe the relational\nactions demonstrated by the righteous person. In this verse we are called to\nhunger and thirst for personal righteousness and the justice that flows from\nit. If we truly hunger for righteousness in our hearts and personal actions, we\nwill demonstrate it in our just and loving relationships with others, making\npossible the justice and peace promised in the Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The apostle Paul most often speaks of righteousness as\nimputed to those who are in Christ (for example, Romans 5:1-2), but Matthew\u2019s\nemphasis is on the practical side of righteousness, relating to righteousness\nexpressed in our lives and in God\u2019s Kingdom through just actions (compare 1:19;\n5:10, 20, 45; 6:1, 33). Those who live in view of the nearness of the Kingdom\nof God long not only for personal righteousness, but also for righteous living\nto permeate society as a whole in justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NLT translators recognize the challenge of translating\nthe Greek term here, and have chosen to put \u201cjustice\u201d in the text, while\nrecognizing \u201crighteousness\u201d in the footnote. Both terms catch nuances of the\nmeaning in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a reader ask us why the NLT uses the word &#8220;justice&#8221; instead of &#8220;righteousness&#8221; in Romans 5:6. Mark Norton, Bible Editorial Director and member of the NLT Bible Translation Committee, talks about this translation choice. This is a good question. The NLT translators used the term \u201cjustice\u201d in Matthew 5:6 to translate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,44,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5651,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4772\/revisions\/5651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- LIVE: wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com/nlt//wp-json/wp/v2/posts/4772 -->