Romans 3:25

God presented Christ as the atoning sacrifice whose blood satisfies divine justice for those who believe. The cross both forgives sin and upholds God's righteousness.

Cross-references · 40

• Rom 3:23–24for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
• 1 Pet 1:18–20knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,
• 1 Jn 4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• 1 Jn 2:2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• Rom 5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
• Heb 9:14–22how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Col 1:20–23and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.
• Acts 13:38–39Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,
• Acts 17:30The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
• Heb 10:4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
• Lev 16:15“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat.
• Heb 11:7By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• Exod 25:17–22You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
• Heb 11:39–40These all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn’t receive the promise,
• Rev 13:8All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
• Heb 10:19–20Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
• Ps 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
• Rom 5:1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
• Heb 9:25–26nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place year by year with blood not his own,
• Rev 20:15If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
• Rom 4:1–8What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
• Heb 11:14For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own.
• Ps 119:142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. Your law is truth.
• Rev 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
• John 6:53–58Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
• Heb 11:17By faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son,
• Rom 3:26to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
• 1 Jn 1:10If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
• Acts 3:18But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
• Rom 2:4Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
• Heb 9:5and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
• Rom 5:11Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
• Acts 4:28to do whatever your hand and your council foreordained to happen.
• Acts 2:23him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;
• 1 Tim 1:15The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
• Acts 15:18All of God’s works are known to him from eternity.’
• Ps 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
• Ps 40:10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
• Ps 97:6The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
• John 6:47Most certainly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.

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