Titus 3:5

The Text-Critical English New Testament

he saved us, not because of any righteous works we had done, but according to his mercy, through the washing of regeneration and the renewal of the Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:50

From generation to generation his mercy is upon those who fear him.

Luke 1:54

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy,

Luke 1:72

to deal mercifully with our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

Luke 1:78

through the tender mercy of our God, by which the sunrise has visited us from on high,

Romans 11:14

if somehow I provoke my own people to jealousy and save some of them.

Romans 11:6

Now if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace. But if it is by works, it is no longer grace, otherwise work would no longer be work.

Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may determine what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Romans 3:20

For by the works of the law no flesh will be justified in his sight, for through the law comes knowledge of sin.

Romans 3:28

We conclude therefore that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.

Romans 4:5

However, to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

Romans 9:11

though her sons were not yet born and had done nothing good or evil, in order for the purpose of God's choice to stand (not because of works but because of him who calls),

Romans 9:16

So then, it does not depend on human will or effort, but on God's mercy.

Romans 9:30

What then shall we say? That Gentiles who were not pursuing righteousness have obtained righteousness, that is, the righteousness that is by faith.

1 Corinthians 6:11

And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 2:16

know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by works of the law.

Ephesians 2:4

Yet God, who is rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Ephesians 4:23

to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,

Ephesians 5:26

to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,

Colossians 3:10

and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator.

2 Timothy 1:9

He saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace. This grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,

Titus 3:4

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

Hebrews 10:22

let us draw near with true hearts, in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 4:16

Therefore let us draw near to the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Hebrews 6:6

and yet have fallen away, since, to their own harm, they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and exposing him to public shame.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves us—not by removing dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,