Romans 3:25

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“God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.”

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BSBPD

“God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 3:25 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 25:17And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
  2. Leviticus 16:15Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
  3. Psalms 22:31They will come and proclaim His righteousness to a people yet unborn— all that He has done.
  4. Psalms 40:10I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
  5. Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
  6. Psalms 97:6The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
  7. Psalms 119:142Your righteousness is everlasting and Your law is true.
  8. Isaiah 53:11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
  9. John 6:47Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
  10. John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
  11. Acts 2:23He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.
  12. Acts 3:18But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
  13. Acts 4:28They carried out what Your hand and will had decided beforehand would happen.
  14. Acts 13:38Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
  15. Acts 15:18that have been known for ages.’
  16. Acts 17:30Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.
  17. Romans 2:4Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
  18. Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
  19. Romans 3:26He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
  20. Romans 4:1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
  21. Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  22. Romans 5:9Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
  23. Romans 5:11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
  24. Colossians 1:20and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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