Titus 3:5

Salvation Mercy and compassion Grace New life and rebirth

³ For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

⁴ But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

⁶ This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

⁷ so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
KJV: 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;
WEB: not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
ASV: 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,
DARBY: not on the principle of works which [have been done] in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through [the] washing of regeneration and renewal of [the] Holy Spirit,
BLB: not by works in righteousness that we did, but according to His mercy, He saved us through the washing of regeneration and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

ÅB: frelste han oss, ikke for rettferdige gjerningers skyld som vi hadde gjort, men etter sin miskunn, ved badet til gjenfødelse og fornyelse ved den Hellige Ånd,
OTB: frelste han oss, ikke på grunn av rettferdige gjerninger som vi hadde gjort, men etter sin miskunn, ved badet til gjenfødelse og fornyelse ved Den Hellige Ånd,
B1930: frelste han oss, ikke for rettferdige gjerningers skyld som vi hadde gjort, men efter sin miskunn, ved badet til gjenfødelse og fornyelse ved den Hellige Ånd,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ephesians 2:8–9
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
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2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
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1 Corinthians 6:11
And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
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1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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1 Peter 3:21
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
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Ephesians 5:26
to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
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Ephesians 2:4
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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