Titus 3:5
not by works done in righteousness, which we did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration (restoration) (spiritual rebirth) and renewing (renovation) of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
1 Peter 3:21
This was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God for a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 6:11
That is what some of you were. You have been washed clean and now you are sanctified. The Spirit of our God declares you righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Ephesians 2:4
But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
Ephesians 2:8-9
By grace (Greek: charis, divine favor, loving-kindness) you have been saved through faith. It is not from you. It is the gift from God!
Ephesians 5:26
This is so he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy he gave us a new birth to a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
John 3:3-5
Jesus answered: Truly I tell you unless a person is born again (brought forth from above) he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Colossians 3:10
You put on the new self that is being renewed to a true knowledge (full discernment) according to the image of the one who created him.
2 Timothy 1:9
God has saved us and called us with a holy calling. This is not according to our works, but according to his purpose and grace that was granted us in Christ Jesus, from all eternity.
Job 9:20
Though I was righteous, my own mouth would condemn me. If I were blameless it would prove me perverse.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he could be pure? Or he who is born of woman, that he could be righteous?
Job 25:4
How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast (dependable) spirit within me.
Psalm 62:12
Loving-kindness belongs to you, O Jehovah. You reward a person based on what he has done.
Psalm 86:5
You, O Jehovah, are good and forgiving, full of loving kindness toward everyone who calls out to you.
Psalm 86:15
But you, O Jehovah, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient, always faithful and ready to forgive.
Psalm 130:7
O Israel hope in Jehovah! For with Jehovah there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
Psalm 143:2
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
Isaiah 57:12
I will declare your righteousness and your works, yet they will not profit you.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love).
Luke 1:50
His mercy is to all generations for all who respect him.
Luke 1:54
He has helped Israel his servant that he might remember mercy.
Luke 1:72
He shows mercy towards our fathers and remembers his holy covenant.
Luke 1:78
A rising of light will visit us from on high because of the tender mercy of our God.
Luke 10:27-29
He answered: Love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your life, with all your strength and with all your mind. (Feelings and total existence) (Might and total thinking capacity) And you should love your neighbor as yourself. (Deuteronomy 6:5) (Leviticus 19:18)
Romans 3:20
No flesh will be justified before God by works of the law. Knowledge of sin comes from the law.
Romans 3:28
We reason therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
Romans 4:5
He who does not work but believes in him who justifies (absolves) the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 9:11
When they had not yet been born nor performed anything good or vile, so the purpose of God regarding the choosing would continue without dependence on works but on the One who calls.
Romans 9:16
So then it does not depend on mans will or effort, but on God who shows mercy.
Romans 9:30
What shall we say? The nations did not pursue righteousness. Yet they have attained to righteousness, the righteousness that is based on the principle of faith.
Romans 11:6
If it is by grace then it is no longer on the basis of works. Otherwise grace is not grace (undeserved kindness). But if it is of works then it is not by grace. Otherwise works are no longer works.
Galatians 2:16
Yet we know that a man is not righteous by the works of the law, but through faith in Jesus Christ. We believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be righteous by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law. The works of the law justify no one.
Galatians 3:16-21
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He did not say to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your seed, which is Christ.
Ephesians 1:6-7
This is to the praise of the glory of his kindness, with which he freely honored us, the loved ones.
Ephesians 4:23
You are renewed in the spirit (vital principles) (attitude) of your mind (understanding).
Titus 3:4
When the kindness of God our Savior, and his love toward man, appeared,
Hebrews 4:16
Let us approach the throne of grace (loving-kindness) with confidence, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for help in time of need.
Hebrews 6:6
if they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance. This is because they personally impale the Son of God again, and expose him to public shame.
1 Peter 2:10
In time past you were no people, but now you are the people of God. You had not then received, but now have received mercy (compassion) (divine kindness).