Titus 3:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

He saved us because of his mercy, not because of any good things we did. He saved us through the washing that made us new people. He saved us by making us new through the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and chose us to be his holy people, but not because of anything we ourselves did. God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.

1 Corinthians 6:11

In the past some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Peter 3:21

And that water is like baptism, which now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. It is asking God for a clean conscience. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s resurrection from death.

Romans 12:2

Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to understand and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what is good and pleasing to him and what is perfect.

Ephesians 2:4

But God is rich in mercy, and he loved us very much.

Ephesians 5:26

He died to make the church holy. He used the telling of the Good News to make the church clean by washing it with water.

Psalm 51:10

God, create a pure heart in me, and make my spirit strong again.

Romans 11:6

And if he chose them by grace, then it is not what they have done that made them his people. If they could be made his people by what they did, his gift of grace would not really be a gift.

Hebrews 4:16

With Jesus as our high priest, we can feel free to come before God’s throne where there is grace. There we receive mercy and kindness to help us when we need it.

Colossians 3:10

Now you are wearing a new life, a life that is new every day. You are growing in your understanding of the one who made you. You are becoming more and more like him.

Psalm 86:15

My Lord, you are a kind and merciful God. You are patient, loyal, and full of love.

Galatians 2:16

But we know that no one is made right with God by following the law. It is trusting in Jesus Christ that makes a person right with God. So we have put our faith in Christ Jesus, because we wanted to be made right with God. And we are right with him because we trusted in Christ—not because we followed the law. I can say this because no one can be made right with God by following the law.

Romans 3:20

because no one can be made right with God by following the law. The law only shows us our sin.

1 Peter 2:10

In the past you were not a special people, but now you are God’s people. Once you had not received mercy, but now God has given you his mercy.

Ephesians 4:23

You must be made new in your hearts and in your thinking.

Romans 3:28

I mean we are made right with God through faith, not through what we have done to follow the law. This is what we believe.

Romans 9:11

But before the two sons were born, God told Rebecca, “The older son will serve the younger.” This was before the boys had done anything good or bad. God said this before they were born so that the boy he wanted would be chosen because of God’s own plan. He was chosen because he was the one God wanted to call, not because of anything the boys did.

Luke 1:78

“With the loving mercy of our God, a new day from heaven will shine on us.

Luke 1:54

God has helped Israel—the people he chose to serve him. He did not forget his promise to give us his mercy.

Luke 1:50

He always gives mercy to those who worship him.

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you. You take away people’s guilt. God will forgive his people who survive. He will not stay angry with them forever, because he enjoys being kind.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant. No one alive could be judged innocent by your standards.

Psalm 130:7

Israel, trust in the Lord. The Lord is the one who is faithful and true. He saves us again and again,

Job 25:4

How can anyone claim to be right before God? No human being can really be pure.

Titus 3:4

But then the kindness and love of God our Savior was made known.

Romans 9:30

So what does all this mean? It means that people who are not Jews were made right with God because of their faith, even though they were not trying to make themselves right.

Romans 9:16

So God will choose anyone he decides to show mercy to, and his choice does not depend on what people want or try to do.

Romans 4:5

But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him. Then he accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him. He is the one who makes even evil people right.

Luke 1:72

God said he would show mercy to our fathers, and he remembered his holy agreement.

Isaiah 57:12

I could tell about your ‘good works’ and all the ‘religious’ things you do, but that will not help you.

Psalm 86:5

My Lord, you are good and merciful. You love all those who call to you for help.

Psalm 62:12

My Lord, your love is real. You reward all people for what they do.

Job 15:14

“People cannot really be pure. They cannot be more right than God!

Job 9:20

I am innocent, but anything I say makes me seem guilty. I am innocent, but if I speak, my mouth proves me wrong.

Deuteronomy 9:5

You are going in to take their land, but not because you are good and live right. You are going in, and the Lord your God is forcing those people out because of the evil way they lived. And the Lord wants to keep the promise he made to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Ezekiel 36:25

Then I will sprinkle pure water on you and make you pure. I will wash away all your filth, the filth from those nasty idols, and I will make you pure.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that you have changed your hearts and lives. But there is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough to be the slave who takes off his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Romans 11:14

I hope I can make my own people jealous. That way, maybe I can help some of them to be saved.

Hebrews 10:22

Sprinkled with the blood of Christ, our hearts have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere heart, full of confidence because of our faith in Christ.