“To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”
He did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus. The paradox resolved: God is both just in punishing sin and the justifier of sinners through faith. The cross accomplishes both: it satisfies justice and enables justification. This is the heart of Paul's gospel.
Church Fathers on Romans 3:26
“Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in His blood, to declare His righteousness.” See by how many proofs he makes good what was said. First, from the worthiness of the person, for it is not a man who does these things, that He should be too weak for it, but God all-powerful. For it is to God, he says, that the righteousness belongs. Again, from the Law and the Prophets.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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