Titus 3:5

Salvation Mercy and compassion Grace New life and rebirth

³ For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

⁴ But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

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;

⁶ Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

⁷ That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to 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 by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
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2 Timothy 1:9
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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1 Corinthians 6:11
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 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, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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1 Peter 3:21
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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Ephesians 5:26
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
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Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
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