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Titus 3:3-7 (RSV)

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³ For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another; ⁴ but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, ⁶ which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 4) Can anyone be saved by his own works? He saved us not because of righteous things we had done

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 3) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Spiritual vs Doctrinal Thinking, part 1 (2008-05-17)
(v. 3) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 3) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 4) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Spiritual vs Doctrinal Thinking, part 1 (2008-05-17)
(v. 4) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 4) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 5) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 5) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 5) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Spiritual vs Doctrinal Thinking, part 1 (2008-05-17)
(v. 6) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 6) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Spiritual vs Doctrinal Thinking, part 1 (2008-05-17)
(v. 6) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)
(v. 7) Saved by Grace through Faith (part II) (2010-12-26)
(v. 7) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Spiritual vs Doctrinal Thinking, part 1 (2008-05-17)
(v. 7) Grace (part I) (2011-11-25)

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 3) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 4) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 5) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 6) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)
(v. 7) Devotional: Faith, Good Works and Grace - The Balance (2008-12-12)

Definition(s):
Jesus (Jeez-us): savior; deliverer