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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ASV
whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;
KJV
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὃν | hon | whom | G3739 → |
| προέθετο | proetheto | set forth as | G4388 → |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεὸς | theos | God | G2316 → |
| ἱλαστήριον | hilastērion | a propitiation | G2435 → |
| διὰ | dia | through | G1223 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| πίστεως | pisteōs | faith | G4102 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| τῷ | tō | <the> | G3588 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | His | G846 → |
| αἵματι | aimati | blood | G129 → |
| εἰς | eis | for | G1519 → |
| ἔνδειξιν | endeixin | a showing forth | G1732 → |
| τῆς | tēs | of the | G3588 → |
| δικαιοσύνης | dikaiosunēs | righteousness | G1343 → |
| αὐτοῦ | autou | of Him | G846 → |
| διὰ | dia | because of | G1223 → |
| τὴν | tēn | the | G3588 → |
| πάρεσιν | paresin | forbearance | G3929 → |
| τῶν | tōn | of the | G3588 → |
| προγεγονότων | progegonotōn | having taken place beforehand | G4266 → |
| ἁμαρτημάτων | hamartēmatōn | sins — | G265 → |
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