¹⁵ just as ^(A)the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and ^(B)I lay down My life for the sheep.

²⁴ being justified as a gift ^(A)by His grace through ^(B)the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God displayed publicly as ^(C)a ^[a]propitiation ^[b](D)in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, ^[c]because in God’s merciful ^(E)restraint He ^(F)let the sins previously committed go unpunished;

⁸ But God ^(A)demonstrates ^(B)His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, ^(C)Christ died for us.

²⁴ and He Himself ^[a](A)brought our sins in His body up on the ^[b](B)cross, so that we ^(C)might die to ^[c]sin and live for righteousness; ^(D)by His ^[d]wounds you were ^(E)healed.