Add parallel Print Page Options

For gar once pote we ourselves hēmeis also kai were eimi foolish anoētos, disobedient apeithēs, being led astray planaō, being enslaved douleuō by desires epithumia and kai various poikilos pleasures hēdonē, living a life diagō of en evil kakia and kai envy phthonos, detestable stygētos, hating miseō one another allēlōn. But de when hote the ho goodness chrēstotēs and kai · ho loving kindness philanthrōpia of ho God theos our hēmeis Savior sōtēr appeared epiphainō, not ou because of ek works ergon of ho righteousness dikaiosynē that hos we hēmeis did poieō but alla according to kata · ho his autos mercy eleos, he saved sōzō us hēmeis, through dia the washing loutron of regeneration palingenesia and kai renewal anakainōsis of the Holy hagios Spirit pneuma, whom hos he richly plousiōs poured out ekcheō for epi us hēmeis through dia Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos · ho our hēmeis Savior sōtēr, so that hina having been justified dikaioō by ho his ekeinos grace charis, we might become ginomai heirs klēronomos according to kata the hope elpis of eternal aiōnios life zōē. Trustworthy pistos is the ho saying logos, and kai I want boulomai you sy to insist emphatically diabebaioomai on peri these things houtos so that hina those ho who have believed in pisteuō God theos might be intent on phrontizō devoting themselves to proistēmi good kalos works ergon. These houtos are eimi good kalos and kai profitable ōphelimos for ho people anthrōpos.

Read full chapter

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; but when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 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, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. The saying is sure.

I desire you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to good deeds;[a] these are excellent and profitable to men.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Titus 3:8 Or enter honorable occupations