Rom 3:25-26, 1Jo 1:9 | ESV | STEP | whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood , to be received by faith . This was to show God’s righteousness , because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins .

h[See ver. 7 above]

Romans 3:25-26

25 whom God ^aput forward as ^ba propitiation ^cby his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in ^dhis divine forbearance he had passed over ^eformer sins. 26 It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

1 John 1:9

9 ^fIf we confess our sins, he is ^gfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^hto cleanse us from all unrighteousness.