Mercy and Holiness

²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴being justified as a gift by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵whom God made publicly available as the mercy seat through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness, because of the passing over of previously committed sins, ²⁶in the forbearance of God, for the demonstration of his righteousness in the present time, so that he should be just and the one who justifies the person by faith in Jesus.