Romans 3:25

whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

In Context

24being made righteous freely by his grace, through the redemption in Christ Jesus,

26(in the forbearance of God), for proof of his justice at the present time, for him to be righteous, and who makes the man from Jesus' faith righteous.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:17And thou shall make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.

Psalms 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done it.

Psalms 50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge himself. Selah.

Psalms 119:142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.

John 6:47Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me has eternal life.

Acts 2:23this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,

Matthew Henry on Romans 3:20-31

Justification by Faith; Christ a Propitiation. ( a. d. 58.) 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by… Read the whole commentary →

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