1. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How do we see "holy and righteous" as a word pair in Greek literature?

1 Thessalonians 2:10 (ESV)

10 You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.

The words holy and righteous occur together rather frequently in Greek literature. The two words (or their related nouns and adjectives) occur together as a unit thirteen times in the Septuagint, four times in the New Testament (Luke 1:75; Ephesians 4:24; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; Titus 1:8), six times in Josephus, nineteen times in Philo, and seven times in the Apostolic Fathers.