Titus 3:5

he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
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  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 15 — Of Baptism cites Titus 3:5

    …to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Titus 3:5). Peter also says that “baptism also doth now save us” (1 Peter 3:21). For he did not…

  2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The Spirit is the only author of this work cites Tit. iii. 5

    …in any intense or high degree. This “renewing of us by the Holy Ghost,” as it is called, Tit. iii. 5, is one great way of mortification; he causes us to grow, thrive, flourish, and abound in…

  3. Communion with God · John Owen

    Inferences on communion with the Father in love cites Titus iii. 5

    …life and being, is the reason of it, and sets a price upon it, Rom. ix. 11; Eph. i. 3, 4; Titus iii. 5; James i. 18. 3dly. Unchangeable. Though we change every day, yet his love changeth not.…

  4. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    Regeneration and Renewal cites Titus 3:5

    …of the Holy Ghost; which he shed upon us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior." Titus 3:5, 6. This passage gives us a grand view of the plan of salvation. First, the apostle tells…

  5. Communion with God · John Owen

    Other consequential affections cites Tit. iii. 5

    …of holiness, — holy in himself, and the author of holiness in us: he works it in us, Tit. iii. 5, and he persuades us to it, by those motions of his which are not to be quenched. Now…

  6. The Key Teachings of George Whitefield · Ochorus Originals

    Ye Must Be Born Again cites TITUS 3:5

    …to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. TITUS 3:5 In his sermon Marks of a True Conversion, preached on the words of Christ about becoming…

  7. Communion with God · John Owen

    The nature of purchased grace cites Tit. iii. 5

    …cleanseth us from all sin.” Besides the defilement of our natures which he purgeth, Tit. iii. 5, he takes away the defilement of our persons by actual follies. “By one offering he…

  8. Communion with God · John Owen

    How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Tit. iii. 5

    …in opposition to a righteousness of our own, either before it or to be made up by it, Tit. iii. 5. I need not insist on this. The fruits of the Spirit in us are known, Gal. v. 22, 23. And…

  9. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Titus 3: 5

    …away his mercy. (11) God shows mercy in saving us. ‘According to his mercy he saved us.’ Titus 3: 5. This is the top-stone of mercy, and it is laid in heaven. Here mercy displays itself in…

  10. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites Titus 3:5

    Apostle Paul writes in Titus 3:5, “Not by works done in righteo usness, which we did ourselves, but according to His mercy…

  11. The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody · Ochorus Originals

    Ye Must Be Born Again cites TITUS 3:5

    …to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. TITUS 3:5 The wind People often told Moody that they could not understand the new birth and would…

  12. The Key Teachings of John Wesley · Ochorus Originals

    The New Birth cites TITUS 3:5

    …to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. TITUS 3:5 Why it is necessary Wesley gives three reasons why we must be born again. First, it is…

  13. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Who Is the Holy Spirit? cites Titus 3:5

    …new life. God saved us “through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit” (Titus 3:5). He assures us. “The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s…

  14. The Inner Chamber · Andrew Murray

    The Daily Renewal — Its Power cites Titus 3: 5

    …to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit” Titus 3: 5. With every new day, the life of nature is renewed. As the sun rises again with its light…

  15. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

    I Am Baptised cites TITUS 3:5

    …to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. TITUS 3:5 The baptism of infants Luther defended the baptism of infants firmly, both against Rome’s…

  16. The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney · Ochorus Originals

    New Measures and the Anxious Seat cites TITUS 3:5

    …to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. TITUS 3:5 Where care is needed Even so, the new measures need honest weighing, because their…

  17. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    Absolute Dependence cites TITUS 3:5

    …Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. TITUS 3:5 The abolition of comparison The pastoral consequence is enormous, and it is one of the…

  18. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Tit. 3.5

    …works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us,’ etc. (Tit. 3.5; II Tim. 1.9). Now was I got on high; I saw myself within the arms of grace and mercy…

  19. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Extracts from Old Writers cites Tit. iii. 5

    …mercy, He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost.’ (Tit. iii. 5.) They are both of grace. “3rdly. They are alike in that they are both towards the same…

  20. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Mercy of God cites Titus 3:5

    …freely by his grace.’ Rom 3:24. Salvation is free. ‘According to his mercy he saved us.’ Titus 3:5. Say not then, I am unworthy; for mercy is free. If God should show mercy to such only as…

  21. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 16 — Pædobaptism cites Tit. 3:5

    …which Paul distinguishes it when he terms it the “washing of regeneration and renewing” (Tit. 3:5). Hence they argue, that it is not to be given to any but to those who are capable of…

  22. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites Tit. 3:5

    …of Paul, that baptism is “the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost” (Tit. 3:5); though it is certain that to many it was of no use. But they cannot be more effectually…

  23. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Having the Spirit cites Titus iii. 5

    …but it is “through sanctification of the Spirit,” as well as “belief, of the truth.” (Titus iii. 5; 2 Thess. ii. 13.) Let this also be written down on the tablet of your memory. No…

  24. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Regeneration cites Titus iii. 5

    …Epistle to Titus calls it “the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” (Titus iii. 5.) The first Epistle of Peter speaks of it as “a being called out of darkness into God’s…

  25. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer-book Statements about Regeneration cites Titus iii. 5

    …Hopkins. 1670. c John i. 13. John iii. 3. John iii. 5. John iii. 7. John iii. 8. Titus iii. 5. 1 Peter i. 3. 1 Peter i. 23. James i. 18. 1 John ii. 29. 1 John iii. 9. 1 John iv. 7. 1…

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