²⁵ whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice,^[a] through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—

² And he is the atoning sacrifice^[a] for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.