But mow the Justice of God has been manifested apart from the law, even though both the law and prophets bear witness to it - that justice of God which works through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. All men have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God. All men are now undeservedly justified by the gift of God, through the redemption wrought in Christ Jesus. Through his blood, God made him the means of explanation for all who believe. He did so to manifest his own justice, for the sake of remitting sins committed in the past -to manifest his justice in the present, by way of forbearance , so that he might be just and might justify those who believe in Jesus.