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.

Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.