Bible Strands
Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Luke narrates; no speaker or audience is present. This is the author's description of Zechariah and Elizabeth immediately before the angel's announcement.
The words — πορευόμενοι (poreuomenoi), "walking," is a present participle: not a one-time act but a continuous practice. ἐναντίον (enantion), literally "in front of," grounds the phrase spatially rather than abstractly.
The thread — "Walk before Me and be blameless" (Genesis 17:1) and "I have found you righteous in this generation" (Genesis 7:1) use the same register. Philippians 2:15 carries the blamelessness motif into the church.
Why it lands — The verse removes any possibility that the couple's barrenness reflects moral failure. The reader is asked to hold faithfulness and unmet expectation in the same hand.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Cross-references
- Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
- Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- 1 Kings 9:4 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Acts 24:16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
- Colossians 1:22 But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
- 2 Peter 3:14 Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
- Job 1:8 Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”