Luke 1 · Verse 75

Luke 1:75

In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Luke 1:75, King James Version

Luke 1:75 in other translations

BSBin holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
WEBin holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
ASVIn holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
YLTTo serve Him, in holiness and righteousness Before Him, all the days of our life.
DARBYin piety and righteousness before him all our days.
BBEIn righteousness and holy living before him all our days.
WebsterIn holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

What does Luke 1:75 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 1:68-79

68-79. There is not a word in this noble burst of divine song about his own child; like Elisabeth losing sight entirely of self, in the glory of a Greater than both. Lord God of Israel--the ancient covenant God of the peculiar people. visited and redeemed--that is, in order to redeem: returned after long absence, and broken His long silence (see Mt 15:31). In the Old Testament, God is said to "visit" chiefly for…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 75. In holiness, &c. In piety and strict justice.

Before him. In the presence of God. Performed as in his presence, and with the full consciousness that he sees the heart. The holiness was not to be merely external, but spiritual, internal, pure, such as God would see and approve.

All the days (t) of our life. To death. True religion increases and expands till death.

(t) Rev 2:10

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 1:67-80

Zacharias uttered a prophecy concerning the kingdom and salvation of the Messiah. The gospel brings light with it; in it the day dawns. In John the Baptist it began to break, and increased apace to the perfect day. The gospel is discovering; it shows that about which we were utterly in the dark; it is to give light to those that sit in darkness, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus…

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Luke 1:75 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐνeninG1722
ὁσιότητιhosiotētiholinessG3742
καὶkaiandG2532
δικαιοσύνῃdikaiosunērighteousnessG1343
ἐνώπιονenōpionbeforeG1799
αὐτοῦautouHimG846
πάσαιςpasaisallG3956
ταῖςtaistheG3588
ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysG2250
ἡμῶν.¶hēmōnof us.G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 1:75

  • Ephesians 4:24

    And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  • Ephesians 2:10

    For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

  • Titus 2:11-14

    For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • 2 Timothy 1:9

    Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

  • Jeremiah 31:33-34

    But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  • Ephesians 1:4

    According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:7

    For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

  • 2 Peter 1:4-8

    Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. …

  • Psalms 105:44-45

    And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the Lord.

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:13

    But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

  • Ezekiel 36:24-27

    For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

  • Jeremiah 32:39-40

    And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 6:2; Ps 105:44,45; Jer 31:33,34; 32:39,40; Eze 36:24-27; Mt 1:21
Eph 1:4; 2:10; 4:24; 1Th 4:1,7; 2Th 2:13; 2Ti 1:9; Tit 2:11-14
1Pe 1:14-16; 2Pe 1:4-8

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Context

  • Luke 1:74

    That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

  • Luke 1:75

    In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

  • Luke 1:76

    And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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Luke 1:75 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En santidad y en justicia delante de él, todos los días nuestros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
en sainteté et en justice devant lui, tous nos jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
in Frömmigkeit und Gerechtigkeit vor ihm alle unsere Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
in sanctitate et justitia coram ipso, omnibus diebus nostris.