Meaning of Righteousness.

The practice of equitable justice together with that of truthfulness in word, deed, and thought and the like (virtues) – in a word, that which is in conformity with the Will of God, as embodied in the true scriptures is known as Righteousness.

But the practice of that which is not free from partiality and injustice as well as that of untruthfulness in word, deed and thought, – in a word, that which is opposed to the Will of God, as embodied in the true scriptures is known as unrighteousness.