Romans 3:24-26 but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus.

Goodspeed⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus. ²⁵ For God showed him publicly dying as a sacrifice of reconciliation to be taken advantage of through faith. This was to vindicate his own justice (for in his forbearance, God passed over men's former sins)— ²⁶ to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also.