by Mark Norton, Bible Development Director at Tyndale House Publishers and member of the Bible Translation Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NLT translators used the term \u201cjustice\u201d in Matthew 5:6 to translate the Greek noun dikaiosune<\/em>, rather than the more general rendering \u201crighteousness.\u201d The alternate rendering \u201crighteousness\u201d is given in the textual footnote, showing that the translation committee recognizes the value of both \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201crighteousness\u201d for catching dimensions of the intended meaning here. The English term \u201crighteousness\u201d is most often associated with the idea of imputed and personal purity before God. The term \u201cjustice\u201d is a term used to describe the relational actions demonstrated by the righteous person. In this verse we are called to hunger and thirst for personal righteousness and the justice that flows from it. If we truly hunger for righteousness in our hearts and personal actions, we will demonstrate it in our just and loving relationships with others, making possible the justice and peace promised in the Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The apostle Paul most often\nspeaks of righteousness as imputed to those who are in Christ (for example,\nRomans 5:1-2), but Matthew\u2019s emphasis is on the practical side of\nrighteousness, relating to righteousness expressed in our lives and in God\u2019s\nKingdom through just actions (compare 1:19; 5:10, 20, 45; 6:1, 33). Those who\nlive in view of the nearness of the Kingdom of God long not only for personal\nrighteousness, but also for righteous living to permeate society as a whole in\njustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NLT translators recognize\nthe challenge of translating the Greek term here, and have chosen to put\n\u201cjustice\u201d in the text, while recognizing \u201crighteousness\u201d in the footnote. Both\nterms catch nuances of the meaning in this case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Mark Norton, Bible Development Director at Tyndale House Publishers and member of the Bible Translation Committee The NLT translators used the term \u201cjustice\u201d in Matthew 5:6 to translate the Greek noun dikaiosune, rather than the more general rendering \u201crighteousness.\u201d The alternate rendering \u201crighteousness\u201d is given in the textual footnote, showing that the translation committee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374"}],"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=4374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5721,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4374\/revisions\/5721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmu3.northcentralus.cloudapp.azure.com\/nlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}