"Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:" 1 Peter 1:1
Scripture tells us that we have no righteousness in ourselves. All our righteousness is nothing but a pile of dirty rags. Even when we clean them up they are still rags. Peter tells us that it is not our righteousness but God's which comes to us through Jesus Christ. This righteousness is accredited to our account making it a legal righteousness rather than moral. The word is "imputed" which means credited to our account.
There is one more thing about this righteousness. This righteousness proceeds faith. If we do not have God's righteousness then we cannot have faith.
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