Tree of Life Version
Romans 3:25
25God set forth Yeshua as an atonement, through faith in His blood, to show His righteousness in passing over sins already committed.
Romans 3:25 in other versions
- King James Version (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;
- New International Version (NIV)God presented Christ 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 forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—
- English Standard Version (ESV)whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
- New King James Version (NKJV)whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
Context of Romans 3:25
23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24They are set right as a gift of His grace, through the redemption that is in Messiah Yeshua. God set forth Yeshua as an atonement, through faith in His blood, to show His righteousness in passing over sins already committed. 26Through God’s forbearance, He demonstrates His righteousness at the present time—that He Himself is just and also the justifier of the one who puts his trust in Yeshua. 27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith.
Read all of Romans 3Romans 3:25 word by word
ὃν προέθετο ὁ θεὸς ἱλαστήριον διὰ τῆς πίστεως ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ αἵματι εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς δικαιοσύνης αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν πάρεσιν τῶν προγεγονότων ἁμαρτημάτων ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ·Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
- hath set forthπροτίθημιprotithemai · to plan/presentG4388
- a propitiationἱλαστήριοςhilastērion · propitiationG2435
- throughδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
- faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
- toεἰςeis · towardG1519
- declareἔνδειξιςendeixis · demonstrationG1732
- righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
- the remissionπάρεσιςparesis · passing overG3929
- of sinsἁμάρτημαhamartēma · sinG265
- that are pastπρογίνομαιproginomai · to do beforehandG4266
- the forbearanceἀνοχήanochē · toleranceG463
Cross-references for Romans 3:25
- Acts 2:23this Yeshua, given over by God’s predetermined plan and foreknowledge, nailed to the cross by the hand of lawless men, you killed.
- Acts 3:18But what God foretold through the mouth of all His prophets—that His Messiah was to suffer—so He has fulfilled.
- Acts 4:28They did whatever Your hand and Your purpose predetermined to happen.
- Acts 15:18known from of old.’
- 1 Peter 1:18You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors—not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
- Revelation 13:8All who dwell on the earth shall worship him—everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain.
- Exodus 25:17“Then you are to make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, one cubit and a half wide.
- Leviticus 16:15“Then he is to slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, bring its blood behind the curtain, and do with it as he did with the blood of the bull—sprinkle it upon the atonement cover, and before the atonement cover.
- Hebrews 9:5and above it, cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. But it is not now possible to speak in detail about these things.
- 1 John 2:2He is the atonement for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.
- 1 John 4:10This is love—not that we have loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atonement for our sins.
- Romans 5:1Therefore, having been made righteous by trusting, we have shalom with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
- Isaiah 53:11As a result of the anguish of His soul He will see it and be satisfied by His knowledge. The Righteous One, My Servant will make many righteous and He will bear their iniquities.
- John 6:47“Amen, amen I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
- Colossians 1:20and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, making peace through the blood of His cross— whether things on earth or things in heaven!
- Hebrews 10:19Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have boldness to enter into the Holies by the blood of Yeshua.
Commentaries on Romans 3:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Whom God hath set forth - Appointed and published to be a propitiation, , the mercy-seat, or place of atonement; because the blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled on and before that, in order to obtain remission of sin, punishment, etc. The mercy-seat was the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant, where God was manifest in the symbol of his presence, between the cherubim; therefore the atonement that was made in this place was properly made to God…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Whom God hath set forth - Margin, “Fore-ordained” ( ́ proetheto). The word properly means, “to place in public view;” to exhibit in a conspicuous situation, as goods are exhibited or exposed for sale, or as premiums or rewards of victory were exhibited to public view in the games of the Greeks. It sometimes has the meaning of decreeing, purposing, or constituting, as in the margin (compare Romans 1:13; Ephesians 1:9); and many have supposed that this is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-26Verses 21-26 Must guilty man remain under wrath? Is the wound for ever incurable? No; blessed be God, there is another way laid open for us. This is the righteousness of God; righteousness of his ordaining, and providing, and accepting. It is by that faith which has Jesus Christ for its object; an anointed Saviour, so Jesus Christ signifies. Justifying faith respects Christ as a Saviour, in all his three anointed offices, as Prophet, Priest, and King…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25As an atoning sacrifice (Greek hilastērion): This Greek word appears in the Greek Old Testament. It refers to the atonement cover, the lid placed on the ark of the covenant inside the most sacred room of the tabernacle. This cover played a central role in the Day of Atonement ceremony (Leviticus 16). Over time, the word came to represent the atonement ritual itself. Paul uses this word to describe Jesus Christ. God provided Jesus as the final sacrifice…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation--or "propitiatory sacrifice." through faith in his blood--Some of the best interpreters, observing that "faith upon" is the usual phrase in Greek, not "faith in" Christ, would place a "comma" after "faith," and understand the words as if written thus: "to be a propitiation, in His blood, through faith." But "faith in Christ" is used in Ga 3:26 and Ep 1:15; and "faith in His blood" is the natural and…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Romans 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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