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Titus 3:5
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,
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,
Verse 5. _NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS_] Those who were foolish, disobedient, and deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, could not possibly have _works of righteousness_ to plead; therefore,...
NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE - The plan was not based on our own good works, nor are our own good works now the cause of our salvation. If people could have been saved by their own...
III. IN RELATION TO THE WORLD AND FALSE TEACHERS CHAPTER 3 _ 1. Instructions (Titus 3:1)_ 2. Warnings (Titus 3:9) 3. Directions (Titus 3:12)...
FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON CHRISTIAN CONDUCT. (_a_) TITUS 3:1 F. BEHAVIOUR TO THOSE OUTSIDE. In his relation with unbelievers the Christian must show (i) towards those in authority, obedience (1 Timothy 2...
For we too were once senseless, disobedient, misguided, slaves to all kinds of desires and pleasures, living in maliciousness and envy, detestable ourselves, and hating each other. But when the goodne...
THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN (Titus 3:1-2)...
NOT. App-105. BY. Greek. _ek_, App-104. OF. Greek. _en_. App-104. RIGHTEOUSNESS. App-191. HAVE DONE. did, ACCORDING TO. App-104., with texts. BY. App-104.Titus 3:1. THE WASHING... GHOST. Figure...
_not by works of righteousness_ The exact grammatical form is rendered by NOT BY VIRTUE OF WORKS, WORKS IN RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE DID. We should read the neut. accus. of the relative with the best aut...
WE HAVE NO REASON FOR PRIDE, BUT RATHER FOR THANKFULNESS...
Ἅ. This reading is guaranteed by the majority of the uncials, viz. אAC*D2*G, and by 17; the rec. text has ὦν, an obvious correction, with CbD2cEKLP and many cursives and Fathers. ΤῸ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂ ἜΛΕΟΣ. So...
ΤΩΝ _gen. pl. от_ ό (G3588) определенный артикль используется здесь как rel.; т. е., "не в результате дел, которые мы в праведности совершили" (RWP; GGBB, 213-15). ΈΠΟΙΉΣΑΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈ...
DISCOURSE: 2264 THE WORK OF THE TRINITY IN REDEMPTION Titus 3:4. After that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but accordin...
NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, &C.— "For it was not by any works of righteousness which we ourselves had done; for any acts of obedience, whether to ceremonial or moral precepts, by which we had made...
THE MOTIVE FOR PROPER CONDUCT Titus 3:3-7 _TEXT 3:3-7_ 3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one anoth...
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, — Man is not saved through his own good works. He cannot earn his way to heaven. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one (Romans 3:10):...
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; NOT BY, [ ex (G1537)] - 'Out of:' 'not as a...
14 The ransom of Christ has a present power. Lawlessness is that basic conception of sin in which it is viewed as a departure from the normal and natural course of things. The ransom Of Christ will ev...
3:5 washing (b-28) 'Washing' is right here. It is a bath, or the water for it. 'Regeneration' is not the same word as 'being born again,' nor is it used so in scripture. The force of the word is a cha...
BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION] For 'washing,' 'laver' (i.e. place where the washing took place) is better. Baptism is referred to here. RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST] The baptism to be efficient must be...
THE SUBSTANCE AND MANNER OF THE TEACHING TO BE GIVEN. FAREWELL 1-15. 'Remind the Cretans to be loyal citizens, good neighbours. As, through no merit of ours, God won us to Himself, so we must live go...
Verses 5-7 may be part of a song that they sang at a *baptism. Christians should be grateful that Jesus has rescued them from their *sin. People cannot save themselves. And God does not save them bec...
A GUIDE FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERS TITUS _HILDA BRIGHT AND HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 THE CHRISTIAN CITIZEN V1 Remind the people about these things. The people should let the government and the rulers h...
NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. — This by no means asserts that such works ever had been done, and then produced, as it were, before the bar of God, and weighed and found insufficient; but it simply ma...
CHAPTER 25 THE CO-OPERATION OF THE DIVINE PERSONS IN EFFECTING THE NEW BIRTH-THE LAVER OF REGENERATION. - Titus 3:4 FOR the second time in this short letter we have one of those statements of doctrin...
The ἡμεῖς and ἡμᾶς refer to the same persons as those mentioned in Titus 3:3, _i.e._, the apostles and those who have had a similar experience. The verse may be paraphrased as a statement of fact thus...
Cretans who hear this epistle need not feel hurt as though I were thinking of them with exceptional severity. We were such ourselves until we came to know the love of God, unmerited and saving and san...
MAKING RETURN TO GOD'S LOVING-KINDNESS Titus 3:1 Throughout this Epistle, the Apostle insists on good works. See Titus 2:7; Titus 2:14; Titus 3:8;...
The final section of the epistle has to do with the Church and the State, dealing with the duty of the Church, arguments impelling to the fulfilment of duty, and the method of realization. The duty of...
SAVED BY GOD'S MERCY Yet, God was gently disposed toward all mankind. He initiated efforts to save man by sending the Savior to earth. Though man may do a multitude of good deeds, he cannot earn salva...
Not by works of (a) righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the (b) Holy Ghost; (a) Literally, "of works which are do...
Not by the works, &c. St. Paul in this verse alludes to the sacrament of baptism. This text is brought by divines to prove that baptism, like every other sacrament, produces its effect by its own powe...
(4) But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, (5) Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regener...
The epistle to Titus has much in common with those to Timothy, as all must observe; not only as being addressed to a fellow-servant, and indeed a son in the faith, but in general similarity of charact...
_LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST_ ‘Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.’ Titus 3:5 St. Paul had left Titus in Crete, ‘to set in order the things that...
5_Not by works _(259) Let us remember that here Paul addresses his discourse to believers, and describes the manner in which they entered into the kingdom of God. He affirms that by their works they d...
With respect to the conduct of Christians towards the world, grace has banished violence, and the spirit of rebellion and resistance which agitates the heart of those who believe hot, and which has it...
NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE,.... The great instance of the kindness and love of God our Saviour is salvation; which the apostle denies that it is brought about by any works, even...
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; Ver. 5. _Which we have done_] We that are ban...
_But after that the kindness_ Χρηστοτης, _the goodness, the benignity_, και φιλανθρωπια, _and philanthropy, love toward man, of God our Saviour, appeared_ Επεφανη, _was manifested_, or _shone forth_,...
Though we are not of this world, as the blessed hope of Chapter 2:13 reminds us, yet while in it, our relationships toward it are to bear true Christian character. God has Himself constituted proper a...
1-7 Spiritual privileges do not make void or weaken, but confirm civil duties. Mere good words and good meanings are not enough without good works. They were not to be quarrelsome, but to show meekne...
NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE; _not according to our works,_ 2 TIMOTHY 1:9, whether ceremonial or moral. BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY; but from his own bowels freely yearning upon per...
Tertullian On Modesty modesty which is being shaken to its foundation-(Christian modesty), which derives its all from heaven; its nature, "through the layer of regeneration; "[5] Cyprian Epistle LXX...
Titus 3:5 not G3756 by G1537 works G2041 of G1722 righteousness G1343 which G3739 we G2249 done G4160 ...
Titus 3:5. SAVED is the main word: what precedes describes its source, negative and positive; what follows, its manner, in outer rite and inward influence. ‘Not in consequence of works,' ‘which we (em...
_What Titus is to teach on the duties of social life_ (Titus 3:1-2) _enforced by a long argument drawn from the change which Christians had them-selves experienced through grace_ (Titus 3:3-7) _Exhort...
DONE (not in the Greek, only the article τÂων), "not as a result of works those in righteousness which we did." Same idea as in Romans 3:20.ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US (κατα το αυτου ελεος...
RIGHTEOUSNESS (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 10:3). _ SAVED (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 1:16). _...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,_ You see, they were a rough, wild, rebellious people in Crete, and Christ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekne...
CONTENTS: Further instructions concerning pastoral work of a true minister. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul, Titus, Artemas, Tychicus, Zenas, Apollos. CONCLUSION: The ministers of Christ...
Titus 3:1. _Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers._ See on Romans 13:1. Titus 3:5. _Not by works of righteousness which we have done._ Good works being strongly enforced here, we...
HE SAVED US. "We could not save ourselves, so He acted to give us a way out of our doom!" See Romans 8:1-4 and notes. IT WAS NOT BECAUSE. We could not place an obligation on Him! BUT BECAUSE. His own...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:5 Salvation comes BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWAL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Some have understood this as saying that baptism (“the washing”) causes salvation. However, in th...
TITUS—NOTE ON TITUS 3:3 As in Titus 2:11, Paul explains how his encouragements to godly living (Titus 3:1) are based on the gospel. T
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ Titus 3:4. AFTER THAT THE KINDNESS.—The original word (χρηστότης) is a beautiful word for a beautiful grace, pervading and penetrating the whole nature, mellowing ther...
EXPOSITION TITUS 3:1 In _subjection _for _subject, _A.V.; _rulers _for _principalities. _A.V.; _to authorities _for _and powers, _A.V. and T.R.; _to be obedient _for _to obey magistrates, _A.V.; _un...
Ver. 5. Here the apostle carefully guards the divine benignity and loving-kindness with respect to the freeness of its actings: _not of works works in righteousness which we did,_ (There is a diversit...
But put them in mind to be subject to the principalities and powers, and to obey the magistrates, and to be ready to every good work (Titus 3:1), So here as in many other places, the Christian is exho...
1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 3:21; 2 Tim
Not by works of righteousness which we have done [ο υ κ ε ξ ε ρ γ ω ν τ ω ν ε ν δ ι κ α ι ο σ υ ν η α ε π ο ι η σ α μ ε ν]. Lit. not by works, those namely in righteousness, which we did. The thought...
Not by works — In this important passage the apostle presents us with a delightful view of our redemption. Herein we have, The cause of it; not our works or righteousness, but "the kindness and love o...