Romans 3:25

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

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;

BSB

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.

WEB

whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

YLT

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—

F.O.G Original

(25) Who The אֱלֹהִים Elohim-God planned as a mercy seat in His blood through believing-faith to prove His righteousness because of the passing over of deviations previously committed in the tolerance of The אֱלֹהִים Elohim-God.

F.O.G

F.O.G MSG

²⁵God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement through the shedding of His blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His divine restraint He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.ⁱ

Footnotes:

²⁵ⁱ Divine restraint: God’s patient mercy in not immediately punishing sin, allowing time for His plan of salvation through Christ to unfold.