Titus 3:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

By works

Washing

Renewing

Hebrews 6:6

General references

Bible References

By works

“Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

“What is man, that he should be pure,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

“How then can a man be just with God?
Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous.

“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not profit you.

And he answered, “You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself.”

because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for

through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,

for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls,

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace.

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed,” that is, Christ.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity,

Washing

Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Renewing

Create in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may

prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,

and have put on the new self who is being

renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—

and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance,

since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame.

General references

Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;

You shall set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it.

Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering;

And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little boy will lead them.

“I, even I, am the Lord,
And there is no savior besides Me.

So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.

not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

We love, because He first loved us.