Titus 3:4-7

Be Ready for Every Good Work

⁴ But when _d the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, _e not because of works done by us in righteousness, but _f according to his own mercy, by _g the washing of regeneration and _h renewal of the Holy Spirit, ⁶ whom he _i poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that _j being justified by his grace we might become _k heirs _l according to the hope of eternal life.

1. Cross References
   Romans 2:4
   Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
   
2. Cross References
   Romans 3:27
   Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith.
   
3. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:4
   But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us.
   1 Peter 1:3
   Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
   
4. Cross References
   John 3:5
   Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
   1 Corinthians 6:11
   And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
   1 Peter 3:21
   Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
   
5. Cross References
   Romans 12:2
   Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
   
6. Cross References
   Joel 2:28
   And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
   Acts 2:33
   Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
   Acts 10:45
   And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles.
   Romans 5:5
   And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
   
7. Cross References
   Titus 2:11
   For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people.
   
8. Cross References
   Romans 8:17
   And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
   
9. Cross References
   Titus 1:2
   In hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began