Titus 3:5

God saved us not because of our righteous works but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit. It matters because salvation is God's merciful, Spirit-wrought work, not our achievement.

Cross-references · 40

• Eph 2:8–9For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
• 2 Tim 1:9He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
• 1 Cor 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 1 Pet 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Rom 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• Eph 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
• Rom 11:6And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.
• Eph 5:26to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
• Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
• Heb 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
• John 3:3–5Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
• Col 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
• Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
• Gal 2:16know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
• Rom 3:28For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
• Rom 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
• Ps 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
• Rom 9:16So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
• 1 Pet 2:10Once 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.
• Eph 4:23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
• Rom 4:5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
• Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
• Rom 9:30What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
• Job 25:4How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
• Gal 3:16–21The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
• Ps 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
• Eph 1:6–7to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
• Luke 1:54He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
• Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
• Isa 57:12I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.
• Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
• Rom 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
• Luke 10:27–29He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
• Luke 1:72to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
• Heb 6:6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
• Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
• Ps 62:12and loving devotion to You, O Lord. For You will repay each man according to his deeds.

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