Thematic Bible: Freeness of salvation

But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we, as righteous men, had done, but as the result of His own mercy He saved us by means of the bath of regeneration and the renewal of our natures by the Holy Spirit, which He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; read more.
in order that having been declared righteous through His grace we might become heirs to the Life of the Ages in fulfilment of our hopes.