Romans 3:25 (KJV)

Passage

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;

Nearby Context

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Romans 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Romans 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;

Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

Romans 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "hath", "forth", "propitiation", "through", "blood", "declare", and "righteousness". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Being justified freely by his grace through..." into verse 26's "To declare I say at this time...", so "faith" and "hath" belong inside that flow. In Romans context, the local focus is righteousness by faith, union with Christ, life in the Spirit, and God's covenant faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.