25 God presented him as the mercy seat  * 3:25 Or propitiation, or place of atonement,* 3:25 1Jn 2:2; 4:10 by his blood,  * 3:25 1Co 5:7; Heb 9:14,28; 1Pt 1:19; Rv 1:5 through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God  * 3:25 Rm 2:4 passed over the sins previously committed.  * 3:25 Ac 17:30; 14:16