Titus 3:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy, by [the] cleansing [bath] of the new birth (regeneration) and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Common English Bible

⁵ he saved us because of his mercy, not because of righteous things we had done. He did it through the washing of new birth and the renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And he saved us, not by works of justice that we had done, but, in accord with his mercy, by the washing of regeneration and by the renovation of the Holy Spirit,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Not by the works of justice, which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the laver of regeneration, and renovation of the Holy Ghost;

Titus 3:5 Cross References

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? And he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Job 9:20

Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with him is plenteous redemption

Psalm 143:2

And enter not into judgement with thy servant; For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 62:12

Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: For thou renderest to every man according to his work.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Isaiah 57:12

I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Ezekiel 36:25

And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Matthew 3:11

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

Luke 1:50

And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.

Luke 1:54

He hath holpen Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy

Luke 1:72

To shew mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;

Luke 1:78

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

Romans 11:14

if by any means I may provoke to jealousy them that are my flesh, and may save some of them.

Romans 11:6

But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

Romans 12:2

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Romans 3:20

because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for through the law cometh the knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:28

We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Romans 4:5

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

Romans 9:11

for the children being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,

Romans 9:16

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.

Romans 9:30

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

1 Corinthians 6:11

And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 2:16

yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, save through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Ephesians 2:4

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

Ephesians 4:23

and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

Ephesians 5:26

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

Deuteronomy 9:5

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go in to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Colossians 3:10

and have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

Titus 3:4

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our body washed with pure water:

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.

Hebrews 6:6

and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 2:10

which in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

1 Peter 3:21

which also after a true likeness doth now save you, even baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;