Rom 3:25  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; ASV

Rom 3:25  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; KJV

Rom 3:25  whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, as a demonstration of His righteousness through the passing over of the sins that had taken place before, in the forbearance of God, LITV
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                                COMMENTARY

Here Paul says that propitiation is the declaration or the showing forth, or demonstration of the righteousness of God. And in chapter 1 Paul says that the Gospel is the revelation of the righteousness of God. Therefore, propitiation is the declaration of the Gospel. The declaration of the righteousness of God through faith is inseparably bound up in Christ’s activity of propitiation. Therefore, propitiation is central to the Gospel. On this basis we see that 1John 2:2 is a declaration of the Gospel and anybody who says Christ propitiated for people other than the elect has denied the Gospel and is not a Christian.

Propitiation is the basis upon which the declaration of the righteousness of God by faith is found. But the righteousness of God received by faith is how men are saved. Therefore, the propitiatory sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the sins of His people is the basis of the Gospel. It was a declaration or demonstration of the righteousness of God. And Paul says anyone who is ignorant of or not submitted to that righteousness is lost...Rom 10:1-4.

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