Titus 3:5

American Standard Version (1901)

not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

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  • Eph 2:8-9 : 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God; 9 not of works, that no man should glory.
  • 1 Cor 6:11 : 11 And such were some of you: but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.
  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
  • Eph 2:4 : 4 but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
  • Eph 5:26 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
  • Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
  • Luke 1:54 : 54 He hath given help to Israel his servant, That he might remember mercy
  • Luke 1:78 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • 1 Pet 2:10 : 10 who in time past were no people, but now are the people of God: who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
  • Luke 1:72 : 72 To show mercy towards, our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
  • Rom 3:28 : 28 We reckon therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
  • Ps 86:15 : 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant; For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
  • Isa 57:12 : 12 I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.
  • Col 3:10 : 10 and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
  • Eph 4:23 : 23 and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
  • Rom 11:6 : 6 But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
  • John 3:3-5 : 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.
  • Gal 2:16 : 16 yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed on Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
  • Gal 3:16-21 : 16 Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 Now this I say: A covenant confirmed beforehand by God, the law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, doth not disannul, so as to make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise: but God hath granted it to Abraham by promise. 19 What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; [and it was] ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one; but God is one. 21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could make alive, verily righteousness would have been of the law.
  • Eph 1:6-7 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved: 7 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
  • Heb 6:6 : 6 and [then] fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
  • Titus 3:4 : 4 But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,
  • Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
  • Ps 130:7 : 7 O Israel, hope in Jehovah; For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness, And with him is plenteous redemption.
  • Ps 62:12 : 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth lovingkindness; For thou renderest to every man according to his work.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,
  • Rom 9:16 : 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that hath mercy.
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:
  • Luke 10:27-29 : 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

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