Propitiation

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Expiation, sin-offering))Romans 3:25Romans 5:1Romans 5:10Romans 5:112 Corinthians 5:182 Corinthians 5:19Colossians 1:20–221 John 2:21 John 4:10
• (R. V., margin, reads, "And over it the propitiatory.")Hebrews 9:5
• See Atonement

The passages, in Bible order (10)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 10 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Romans 3:25

   God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

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   “But if, as some teach, God never was offended, there was no need of this propitiation. And, if so, Christ died in vain. To declare his righteousness - To demonstrate not only his clemency, but his justice; even that vindictive justice whose essential character and principal office is, to punish sin.”

   “Whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in his blood, for the showing forth of his righteousness, through the remission of former offenses, in the forbearance of God, for the showing forth of his righteousness at this present time: that he himself may be just, and the one who justifies him who is of the faith of Jesus Christ.”

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2. Romans 5:1

   Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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   “‘Being justified therefore by faith, let us have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we glory in the hope of the glory of God.’ By this he most plainly invites the one who has understood what it is to be justified by faith and not by works to that peace of God which surpasses every mind, in which also the summit of perfection consists.”

   “Therefore - οὖν oun Since we are thus justified, or as a consequence of being justified, we have peace. Being justified by faith - See the notes at Rom 1:17; Rom 3:24; Rom 4:5. We - That is, all who are justified. The apostle is evidently speaking of true Christians. Have peace with God - see the note at Joh 14:27. True religion is often represented as peace with God; see Act 10:36; Rom 8:6; Rom 10:15; Rom 14:17; Gal 5:22; see also Isa 32:17. ‘And the work of righteousness shall be peace, And the effect of righteousness.”

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3. Romans 5:10

   For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!

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   “If - As sure as; so the word frequently signifies; particularly in this and the eighth chapter. We shalt be saved - Sanctified and glorified. Through his life - ‘Whoever liveth to make intercession for us.’”

   “For if, when we were enemies - See under Rom 5:6 (note). We were reconciled - The enmity existing before rendered the reconciliation necessary. In every human heart there is a measure of enmity to holiness, and, consequently to the author of it. Men seldom suspect this; for one property of sin is to blind the understanding, so that men do not know their own state. We shall be saved by his life -”

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4. Romans 5:11

   Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

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   “And not only so, but we also glory - The whole sentence, from the third to the eleventh verse, may be taken together thus: We not only ‘rejoice in hope of the glory of God,’ but also in the midst of tribulations we glory in God himself through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.”

   “And not only so - The apostle states another effect of justification. We also joy in God - In Rom 5:2, he had said that we rejoice in tribulations, and in hope of the glory of God. But he here adds that we rejoice in God himself; in his existence; his attributes; his justice, holiness, mercy, truth, love. The Christian rejoices that God is such a being as he is; and glories that the universe is under his administration.”

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5. 2 Corinthians 5:18

   All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

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   “MAN became God's enemy wantonly, without the slightest offense given on God's part. But man did not make advances towards reconciliation, or express regret because peace was broken. The first overtures for peace are not made by man, the offender, but by our aggrieved and offended God. Therefore our text begins with the declaration, ‘All things are of God.’ Reconciliation of man to his Maker is never achieved by man, but is the work of God from first to last, and to God must be all the glory. The text enforces this Truth by giving us a brief summary.”

   “For through Himself He creates the things which are created in Him, just as through Himself all things are reconciled in Him. Inasmuch as they are reconciled in Him, recognise in Him the nature of the Father's unity, reconciling all things to Himself in Him. Inasmuch as all things are reconciled through Him, perceive Him reconciling to the Father in Himself all things which He reconciled through Himself.”

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6. 2 Corinthians 5:19

   that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

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   “MAN became God's enemy wantonly, without the slightest offense given on God's part. But man did not make advances towards reconciliation, or express regret because peace was broken. The first overtures for peace are not made by man, the offender, but by our aggrieved and offended God. Therefore our text begins with the declaration, ‘All things are of God.’ Reconciliation of man to his Maker is never achieved by man, but is the work of God from first to last, and to God must be all the glory. The text enforces this Truth by giving us a brief summary.”

   “Namely - The sum of which is, God - The whole Godhead, but more eminently God the Father. Was in Christ, reconciling the world - Which was before at enmity with God. To himself - So taking away that enmity, which could no otherwise be removed than by the blood of the Son of God.”

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7. Colossians 1:20–22

   and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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   “Through the blood of the cross - The blood shed thereon. Whether things on earth - Here the enmity began: therefore this is mentioned first. Or things in heaven - Those who are now in paradise; the saints who died before Christ came.”

   “And, having made peace through the blood of his cross - Peace between God and man; for man being in a sinful state, and there being no peace to the wicked, it required a reconciliation to be made to restore peace between heaven and earth; but peace could not be made without an atonement for sin, and the consequence shows that the blood of Christ shed on the cross was necessary to make this atonement.”

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8. Hebrews 9:5

   Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

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   “‘overshadowing the mercy seat.’ For above the ark, as if a square golden table, which was called the mercy seat, typifying Christ (Jn. 2:2), who is called to us the propitiation and redemption (1 Cor. 1:30). See the passage in Exodus, in the places concerning …”

   “And over it the cherubim of glory,.... Or ‘glorious cherubim’, where the Shechinah, or divine glory, dwelt, Psa 80:1. These were over the ark, and were in number two, as were the cherubim which God placed at the garden of Eden, Gen 3:24 according to the opinion of the ancient Jews (u); and very likely these were made after the form of them.”

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9. 1 John 2:2

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

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   “And he is the propitiation for our sins,.... For the sins of us who now believe, and are Jews: and not for ours only; but for the sins of Old Testament saints, and of those who shall hereafter believe in Christ, and of the Gentiles also, signified in the next clause: but also for the sins of the whole world; the Syriac version renders it, ‘not for us only, but also for the whole world’; that is, not for the Jews only, for John was a Jew, and so were those he wrote unto, but for the Gentiles also.”

   “And he is the propitiation - ‘Ἱλασμος· The atoning sacrifice for our sins. This is the proper sense of the word as used in the Septuagint, where it often occurs; and is the translation of אשם asham, an oblation for sin, Amo 8:14. חטאת chattath, a sacrifice for sin, Eze 44:27. כפור kippur, an atonement, Num 5:8. See the note on Rom 3:25, and particularly the note on Luk 18:13. The word is used only here and in 1Jn 4:”

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10. 1 John 4:10

    And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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    “We are taught, secondly, that it is the beginning of our life, when God, having been pacified by the death of his Son, receives us unto favor: for propitiation properly refers to the sacrifice of his death.”

    “Not that we loved God - And that he was thereby induced to give his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. No: we were enemies to God, and yet Christ died for our ungodly souls. (See Rom 5:6-11, and the notes there.) So it was God’s love, not our merit, that induced him to devise means that his banished might not be expelled from him.”

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