Rom 3:21-26 Don't say "justification by faith"

This passage contrasts the past/present with the New (Messianic) Age that has been inaugurated by the Resurrection of Jesus the Messiah, "But now..."
In this New Age, the Righteousness of God - his saving justice, his covental faithfulness - is demonstrated not by our faith but by the faithfulness of the Messiah who was "obedient unto death on a cross" (Phil 2) thus providing a sacrifice of atonement.
This is why speaking of justification by faith, while true, can be misleading. We are justified by the grace of God and by the faithfulness of the Messiah. We receive this gift by faith. The sign that we have received this justification is faith it is not the cause of the justification.
So it is better to say, justified by grace through faith, or justified witnessed to by faith.
This avoids the unnecessary debate over whether "faith" is a meritorius work. Of course it is not; it is nothing more, nothing less, than a response to God's gracious gift.