whomGoddisplayed publiclyas a propitiationin His bloodthroughfaith.[This was] to demonstrateHis righteousness,becausein the forbearanceof GodHe passed overthe sinspreviously committed;
Your righteousnessis an everlastingrighteousness,And Your lawis truth.
They will comeand will declareHis righteousnessTo a peoplewho will be born,that He has performed[it].
I have not hiddenYour righteousnesswithinmy heart;I have spokenof Your faithfulnessand Your salvation;I have not concealedYour lovingkindnessand Your truthfrom the greatcongregation.
And the heavensdeclareHis righteousness,For GodHimselfis judge.Selah.
The heavensdeclareHis righteousness,And allthe peopleshave seenHis glory.
The LORDhas madeknownHis salvation;He has revealedHis righteousnessin the sightof the nations.
As a resultof the anguishof His soul,He will see[it and] be satisfied;By His knowledgethe RighteousOne,My Servant,will justifythe many,As He will beartheir iniquities.
"But the goaton whichthe lotfor the scapegoatfellshall be presentedalivebeforethe LORD,to makeatonementupon it, to sendit into the wildernessas the scapegoat.
"Then he shall slaughterthe goatof the sinofferingwhichis for the people,and bringits bloodinsidethe veiland dowith its bloodas he didwith the bloodof the bull,and sprinkleit on the mercyseatand in frontof the mercyseat.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, he who believeshaseternallife.
"In the generationsgoneby He permittedallthe nationsto gotheir own ways;
SAYSTHE LORD,WHO MAKESTHESE THINGSKNOWNFROM LONG AGO.
"Thereforehaving overlookedthe timesof ignorance,Godis nowdeclaringto menthat all[people] everywhereshould repent,
this[Man], deliveredover by the predeterminedplanand foreknowledgeof God,you nailed to a crossby the handsof godless menand put [Him] to death.
"But the things whichGodannounced beforehandby the mouthof allthe prophets,that His Christwould suffer,He has thusfulfilled.
to dowhateverYour handand Your purposepredestinedto occur.
Ordo you think lightlyof the richesof His kindnessand toleranceand patience,not knowingthat the kindnessof Godleadsyou to repentance?
for the demonstration,[I say], of His righteousnessat the presenttime,sothat He would be justand the justifierof the one who has faithin Jesus.
Therefore,having been justifiedby faith,we havepeacewith Godthroughour LordJesusChrist,
And not onlythis, but we alsoexultin Godthroughour LordJesusChrist,throughwhomwe have nowreceivedthe reconciliation.
So thenas throughonetransgressionthere resultedcondemnationto allmen,evensothroughoneact of righteousnessthere resultedjustificationof lifeto allmen.
Muchmorethen,having nowbeen justifiedby His blood,we shall be savedfrom the wrath[of God] throughHim.
Cleanout the oldleavensothat you may be a newlump,justas you are [in fact] unleavened.For Christour Passoveralsohas been sacrificed.
He madeHim who knewnosin[to be] sinon our behalf,sothat we might becomethe righteousnessof Godin Him.
In Him we haveredemptionthroughHis blood,the forgivenessof our trespasses,accordingto the richesof His grace
But nowin ChristJesusyou whoformerlywere far offhave been broughtnearby the bloodof Christ.
It is a trustworthystatement,deservingfullacceptance,that ChristJesuscameinto the worldto savesinners,among whomI amforemost[of all].
For it is impossiblefor the bloodof bullsand goatsto take awaysins.
For thosewho saysuch thingsmake it clearthat they are seekinga country of their own.
By faithAbraham,when he was tested,offeredup Isaac,and he who had receivedthe promiseswas offeringup his only begotten[son];
By faithNoah,being warned[by God] aboutthings not yetseen,in reverencepreparedan arkfor the salvationof his household,by whichhe condemnedthe world,and becamean heirof the righteousnesswhich is accordingto faith.
soChristalso,having been offeredonceto bearthe sinsof many,will appeara second timefor salvationwithout[reference to] sin,to thosewho eagerly awaitHim.
and aboveit [were] the cherubimof gloryovershadowingthe mercy seat;but of these thingswe cannotnowspeakin detail.
Ifwe saythat we have not sinned,we makeHim a liarand His wordis not in us.
and He Himselfis the propitiationfor our sins;and not for oursonly,but alsofor [those of] the wholeworld.
In thisis love,not that we lovedGod,but that He lovedus and sentHis Son[to be] the propitiationfor our sins.
and from JesusChrist,the faithfulwitness,the firstbornof the dead,and the rulerof the kingsof the earth.To Him who lovesus and releasedus from our sinsby His blood--
Allwho dwellon the earthwill worshiphim, [everyone] whosenamehas not been writtenfrom the foundationof the worldin the bookof lifeof the Lambwho has been slain.
And ifanyone'sname was not foundwrittenin the bookof life,he was throwninto the lakeof fire.
And they sanga newsong,saying,"Worthyare You to takethe bookand to breakits seals;for You were slain,and purchasedfor Godwith Your blood[men] from everytribeand tongueand peopleand nation.
