Titus 3:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Titus 3:7

5 ^anot by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through ^bthe washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

6 ^awhom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

7 that having been justified by His grace ^awe should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

8 ^aThis is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

Avoid Dissension

9 But ^aavoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.

10 ^aReject a divisive man after the first and second¹ admonition,

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American Standard Version
that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Amplified® Bible
[And He did it in order] that we might be justified by His grace (by His favor, wholly undeserved), [that we might be acknowledged and counted as conformed to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action], and that we might become heirs of eternal life according to [our] hope.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus treated us much better than we deserve. He made us acceptable to God and gave us the hope of eternal life.

Darby English Version
that, having been justified by *his* grace, we should become heirs according to [the] hope of eternal life.

Good News Bible
so that by his grace we might be put right with God and come into possession of the eternal life we hope for.

International Standard Version
And so, made right by his own grace, Eternal life we now embrace.

King James Version
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

New American Standard Bible
so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to {the} hope of eternal life.

New International Version
so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

New King James Version
that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
so that receiving justification by His grace we would become made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Young's Literal Translation
that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

New English Translation
And so,¹ since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.”²

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