Titus 3:5–7

3:5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 3:6 whom he poured out on us in full measure4 through Jesus Christ our Savior. 3:7 And so,5 since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”6

4	tn Or “on us richly.”
5	tn This is the conclusion of a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek encompassing Titus 3:4–7. Showing the goal of God’s merciful salvation, v. 7 begins literally, “in order that, being justified … we might become heirs …”
6	tn Grk “heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”