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NASB | Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Titus 3:5 He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we have done, but because of His own compassion and mercy, by the cleansing of the new birth (spiritual transformation, regeneration) and renewing by the Holy Spirit, |
Subject: Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration |
Bible Note: You raise many good points. Note that there are many prominent non-Catholic Christian who are sometimes in our national/local news getting jailed, invstigated etc. and the list includes Baptists. The Catholic stuff has died down a bit here but is never going away either. It seems to be a tragic human weakness. I know that if a man says he is a born-again Christian it means he usually is. Whereas people will say they are Catholic if it is only in their family background. Clearly , there are not a billion practicing, believing Catholics in the world. Nevertheless today's Catholic Churches are full to overflowing and the biggest Christian bookshop I have ever been is Catholic and they seem to be selling shelf loads of Scripture. I don't really now how much Bible reading is been done. I have discovered the theology of Catholicism, Anglo-Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy is the most biblical. My advice is don't ever accept far-fetched explanations from Study Bibles, Christians etc. for difficult verses. Don't accept housegroup 'Greek scholars' dismissing difficult verses: if you go to the original Greek black is white and down is up. Best Wishes |