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.

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• Eph 2:8–9for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
• 2 Tim 1:9who 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 to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
• 1 Cor 6:11Such were some of you, but you were washed. But you were sanctified. But you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.
• 1 Pet 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
• 1 Pet 3:21This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you — not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Rom 12:2Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• Eph 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
• Rom 11:6And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
• Eph 5:26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
• Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
• Heb 4:16Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.
• John 3:3–5Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
• Col 3:10and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,
• Ps 86:15But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
• Gal 2:16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
• Rom 3:28We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
• Rom 3:20Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
• Ps 130:7Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
• Rom 9:16So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.
• 1 Pet 2:10who in time past were no people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
• Eph 4:23and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
• Rom 4:5But to him who doesn’t work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
• Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
• Rom 9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;
• Job 25:4How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
• Gal 3:16–21Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn’t say, “To descendants ”, as of many, but as of one, “To your offspring ”, which is Christ.
• Ps 143:2Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
• Eph 1:6–7to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
• Luke 1:54He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
• Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
• Isa 57:12I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.
• Titus 3:4But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
• Rom 9:11For 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 who calls,
• Luke 10:27–29He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”
• Luke 1:72to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,
• Heb 6:6and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.
• Ps 86:5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
• Ps 62:12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.

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