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25 whom God offered as a place where atonement by the Messiah’s[a] blood would occur through faith. He did this[b] to demonstrate his righteousness, because he had waited patiently to deal with sins committed in the past.

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  1. Romans 3:25 Lit. by his
  2. Romans 3:25 The Gk. lacks He did this

25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[a](A) through the shedding of his blood(B)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(C)

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  1. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).