Titus 3:5

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he saved us, not because of any good things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us by washing away our sins so that we were born again.

Cross References

2 Timothy 1:9

God has saved us and called us to live a holy life. This isn’t because of anything we’ve done, but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus even before time began.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Some of you used to do things like that. But you were washed and made holy and right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Peter 3:21

The water of the flood is a picture of the way that baptism now saves you too. It doesn’t save you by washing the dirt off your body. Instead, it’s your way of promising God that you’ll keep a clear conscience by the same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead.

1 Peter 1:3

May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised! In his great mercy he has given us a new birth into a living hope because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Romans 12:2

Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you’ll be able to recognize what God wants for you and agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

Ephesians 2:4

But God loves us deeply, and he is full of mercy.

Ephesians 5:26

He did this to make her holy, washing her with water through the word.

Romans 11:6

And if they are chosen by grace, then it’s not based on anything they’ve done. If it were, then grace wouldn’t be grace anymore.

Hebrews 4:16

So let’s approach God’s throne of grace confidently, because we’ll receive mercy there and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Colossians 3:10

and started living a new life. Your life is being made new in knowledge in the Creator’s likeness.

Galatians 2:16

But even though we’re used to following the law, we still know that no one can be made right with God that way. Instead, a person needs to believe in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus to be made right with God. We’re not trying to do that by obeying the law, because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

Romans 3:20

So no one can obey the law well enough to be considered right with God. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you weren’t a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you hadn’t received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Ephesians 4:23

You were taught to be made new in your thinking

Romans 3:28

We firmly believe that a person is shown to be right with God through faith, not by doing the things the law requires.

Romans 9:11

But even before her twins were born, before they’d done anything good or bad, Rebekah was told, “The older son will serve the younger one.” This shows that God’s purpose was based firmly on his own choice, not on anything the children did.

Luke 1:78

All this will happen because our God is tender and merciful; his kindness will make the sun rise for us in the sky.

Luke 1:54

He has helped his servant, the people of Israel, remembering to be merciful

Luke 1:50

He shows mercy to all those who respect him, from parent to child down through the generations.

Titus 3:4

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,

Romans 9:30

What should we say then? The Gentiles did not look for a way to be right with God, but they found it by having faith.

Romans 9:16

So it doesn’t depend on what people want or what they do. It depends on God’s mercy.

Romans 4:5

But if, rather than working, people trust in God who makes ungodly people right with himself, their faith makes them right with God.

Luke 1:72

He has been merciful to our ancestors and remembered his holy covenant,

Hebrews 6:6

it’s not possible to bring them back. They won’t be able to turn away from their sins. They’re nailing the Son of God to the cross all over again and bringing shame on him in front of everyone—although they’re the ones who are really losing out.

Matthew 3:11

“I’m baptizing you with water so you can show that you’ve turned away from your sins. But someone is coming after me who’s more powerful than I am. I’m not even worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Romans 11:14

I hope that somehow I can stir up my own people to want what you have. That way maybe some of them will be saved.

Hebrews 10:22

So let’s draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings. Our hearts have been sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.