Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled.

“And ¹  why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

Children, ¹  obey your parents in the Lord ²  for this is right.

For it is right ¹  for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you. ¹ 

and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless ¹  men, ² 

He said to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said, “What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

But you rejected ¹  the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, ¹  I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,

Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever ¹  receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.

But Peter and John replied, ¹  “Whether it is right before God to obey ²  you rather than God, you decide,

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

(My little children, ¹  I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. ² ) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate ³  with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One, ⁴ 

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, ¹  whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

because Herod stood in awe of ¹  John and protected him, since he knew that John ²  was a righteous and holy man. When Herod ³  heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, ⁴  and yet ⁵  he liked to listen to John. ⁶ 

Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors ¹  has already chosen ²  you to know his will, to see ³  the Righteous One, ⁴  and to hear a command ⁵  from his mouth,

This was ¹  also to demonstrate ²  his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just ³  and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus’ faithfulness. ⁴ 

For ¹  it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, ²  since both in my imprisonment ³  and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God’s grace ⁴  together with me.