^{24 Ref} And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:

^{25 Ref} Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

^{26 Ref} And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.