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

General references

Romans 9:16

Ephesians 2:9

1 John 4:19

Bible References

By works

He answered, " 'You must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole strength, and your whole mind,' and 'your neighbor as you do yourself.' "

For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin.

but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness.

For before the children were born or had done anything either good or bad, in order to carry out God's purpose of selection, which depends not on what men do but on his calling them,

But if it is by his mercy, it is not for anything they have done. Otherwise, his mercy would not be mercy at all.

but who know that a man is not made upright by doing what the Law commands, but by faith in Christ Jesus??ven we believed in Christ Jesus, so as to be made upright by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands??or by doing what the Law commands no one can be made upright.

Now the promises were made to Abraham and his line. It does not say, "and to your lines," in the plural, but in the singular, "and to your line," that is, Christ.

But God is so rich in mercy that because of the great love he had for us,

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

Washing

Jesus answered him, "I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born over again from above!"

Some of you used to be like that; but you have washed it all away, you have been consecrated, you have become upright, by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and through the Spirit of our God.

to consecrate her, after cleansing her with the bath in water through her confession of him,

Baptism, which corresponds to it, now saves you also (not as the mere removing of physical stain, but as the craving for a conscience right with God)??hrough the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Renewing

You must not adopt the customs of this world but by your new attitude of mind be transformed so that you can find out what God's will is??hat is good, pleasing, and perfect.

You must adopt a new attitude of mind,

and have put on that new self newly made in the likeness of its Creator, to know him fully.

and yet have fallen back, for they crucify the Son of God on their own account, and hold him up to contempt.

General references

So it depends not on human will or exertion, but on the mercy of God.

It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it.

We love because he loved us first.