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That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Titus 3:7 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • BSB so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
  • NKJV that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • NASB so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
  • NLT Because of his grace he made us right in his sight and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.

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Quick answer

Being justified by His grace, we become heirs with the hope of eternal life. It matters because grace not only forgives but makes us God's heirs of everlasting life.

Overview

Paul completes the thought: God's purpose in saving us is that, justified by grace, we become 'heirs according to the hope of eternal life.' Justification means being declared righteous freely through Christ. The result is a sure inheritance, the eternal life promised at the letter's opening (1:2).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Rom 8:17And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
  • Titus 2:11For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
  • Rom 3:24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
  • 1 Cor 6:11And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
  • Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
  • Jas 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • Rom 11:6And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
  • Rom 8:23–24And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
  • Gal 3:29And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Rom 5:1–2Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Rom 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
  • Rom 3:28Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
  • Gal 2:16Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
  • Gal 4:7Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
  • Heb 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
  • Heb 11:9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
  • Heb 6:17Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
  • Rom 4:4Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
  • Rom 5:15–21But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
  • Titus 2:13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • 1 Pet 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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Christ at the center

We await 'the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us' and purify a people of his own.

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