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Romans 3:25-26 KJV
Romans · chapter 3 · verses 25–26
25Whom 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; 26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.Romans 3:25-26 · King James Version
Romans 3:25-26 in context
23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25Whom 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;
26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
27Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 3:23-24
- 1 Peter 1:18-20
- 1 John 4:10
- 1 John 2:2
- Romans 5:9
- Hebrews 9:14-22
- Colossians 1:20-23
- Acts 17:30
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousnessdikaiosynēin a broad sense state of him who is as he ought to be, righteousness, the condition…G1343 →
- propitiationhilastērionrelating to an appeasing or expiating, having placating or expiating force, expiatory a…G2435 →
- remissionparesispassing over, letting pass, neglecting, disregardingG3929 →
- justifierdikaioōto render righteous or such he ought to be, to show, exhibit, evince, one to be…G1344 →
- throughdiathrough, of place, with, in, of time, throughout, during, of means, by, by the means of…G1223 →
- declareendeixisdemonstration, proof, manifestation made by act, sign, evidenceG1732 →
- forthprotithēmito place before, to set forth, to set forth to be looked at, expose to view, to expose to…G4388 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
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From all this Paul infers that it is in vain to look for justification by the works of the law, and that it is to be had only by faith, which is the point he has been all along proving, from Rom 1:17, and which he lays down (Rom 3:28) as the summary of his discourse, with a quod erat demonstrandum - which was to be…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-31