Romans 3:21-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
A Righteousness Apart From the Law by Faith
21 But now, completely apart from the law, a righteousness from God has been made known. The Law and the Prophets testify to it. 22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all and over all[a] who believe.
In fact, there is no difference, 23 because all have sinned and fall short of the glory[b] of God 24 and are justified[c] freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God publicly displayed as the atonement seat[d] through faith in his blood. God did this to demonstrate his justice, since, in his divine restraint, he had left the sins that were committed earlier unpunished.
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- Romans 3:22 Some witnesses to the text omit and over all.
- Romans 3:23 Or approval
- Romans 3:24 Or declared righteous
- Romans 3:25 The atonement seat was the cover of the Ark of the Covenant. It served as the footstool of God’s throne and was the place where the sacrificial blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement (see Leviticus 16:2,14,15). Christ is the fulfillment of the function of the atonement seat.
Romans 3:27-28
Evangelical Heritage Version
27 What happens to boasting then? It has been eliminated. By what principle[a]—by the principle of works? No, but by the principle of faith. 28 For we conclude that a person is justified by faith without the works of the law.
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- Romans 3:27 In this verse, principle translates the Greek term nomos, which is often translated law.
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