<p>3:26&nbsp;<i>F</i><i>or the showing of His righteousness at this present time</i>- See on Rom. 3:25.</p><p><i>That He might Himself be just</i>- the whole process of justifying sinners is achieved without infringing upon the justice and integrity of God. Quite how&hellip; isn&rsquo;t explained (although I am aware of many attempts to explain it, but they all seem to fail). I think we are asked to accept this on faith.</p><p><i>And the justifier</i>- God&rsquo;s plan of declaring us right takes care of our past sins (Rom. 3:25), right now &ldquo;at this time&rdquo; declares us right, and will justify us at the coming day of judgment.&nbsp;</p><p><i>Of him that has faith in Jesus</i>- It&rsquo;s rare for Paul to refer to the Lord Jesus Christ as simply &ldquo;Jesus&rdquo; with no title. Perhaps he is trying to bring out the simplicity of it all- that by believing in the very human Jesus, a man of our nature with one of the commonest names amongst first century Palestinian Jews, i.e. &lsquo;Jesus&rsquo;, we really can be declared right before God.</p>