⁸ For ^(A)by grace you have been saved ^(B)through faith; and ^[a]that not of yourselves, it is ^(C)the gift of God; ^9 (D)not as a result of works, so that ^(E)no one may boast.

^5 (A)He saved us, ^(B)not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but ^(C)according to His mercy, by the ^(D)washing of regeneration and ^(E)renewing by the Holy Spirit,