Romans 3:25

whom God set forth [as] a propitiatory covering, through faith in His blood, for the showing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the former sins in the forbearance of God—

Literal Standard 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 declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that [is] in Christ Jesus,

26for the showing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who [is] of the faith of Jesus.

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Cross References

Exodus 25:17And you have made a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

Psalms 22:31They come and declare His righteousness, || To a people that is born, that He has made!

Psalms 50:6And the heavens declare His righteousness, || For God Himself is judging. Selah.

Psalms 119:142Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, || And Your law [is] truth.

John 6:47Truly, truly, I say to you, he who is believing in Me has continuous life;

Acts 2:23this One, by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, being given out, having been taken by lawless hands, having been crucified—you slew,

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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