Luke 1:75
ESV
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
NIV
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
NASB
In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
CSB
in holiness and righteousness in his presence all our days.
NLT
in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live.
KJV
In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
NKJV
In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
What does Luke 1:75 mean?
God made promises to patriarchs of Israel like Abraham (Genesis 22:16–18). Later generations saw God working to assure these prophecies would come true (Exodus 6:8). Zechariah, a priest (Luke 1:5, 67–68) is celebrating fulfilled prophecy, seen in the birth of his son, John (Luke 1:13–17, 57; Isaiah 40:3). He is also anticipating the birth of Jesus Christ (Luke 1:31–33), the Messiah guaranteed in other Old Testament prophecies (Isaiah 9:6–7).One of the end results of the Messiah's arrival would be the end of sin, evil, and fear (Luke 1:73–74; Zephaniah 3:14–17). The first arrival of Jesus on earth would establish human salvation, and the freedom from the eternal penalty of sin (Hebrews 6:17–20). His second coming will lead to the complete defeat of death and wickedness (Revelation 19:11–15; 21:1–5). This will allow those saved by God to be freed from the slavery of sin (Romans 7:14–20), completely and eternally (1 John 3:2; 1 Corinthians 15:52–57).
