Titus 3:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Titus 3:5

The mercy of God. "According to his mercy he saved us." Mercy is the key-note of redemption. It is the music of the Psalms; the spirit of Christ's ministry, and the motive of the atonement. It is the very heart of God—as permanent as his justice and his righteousness; "for his mercy endureth forever." I. SALVATION IS NOT A SUPERSTRUCTURE OF MAN 'S. "Not according to works of righteousness which we have done." Good actions do not make a good man; it is the good man that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:5

Not by works of righteousness which we have done - The plan was not based on our own good works, nor are our own good works now the cause of our salvation. If people could have been saved by their own good works, there would have been no need of salvation by the Redeemer; if our own deeds were now the basis of our title to eternal life, the work of Christ would be equally unnecessary. It is a great and fundamental principle of the gospel that the good works of men come in for no share in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Titus 3:4-7

Titus 3:4-7. But after that the kindness Χρηστοτης , the goodness, the benignity, και φιλανθρωπια , and philanthropy, love toward man, of God our Saviour, appeared Επεφανη , was manifested, or shone forth, namely, through the preaching of the gospel. The Father is here called God our Saviour, as is evident from Titus 3:6, where the same person is said to have poured out the Holy Ghost on believers, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Indeed, the title of our Saviour justly... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Titus 3:1-11

God’s grace changes lives (2:11-3:11)People are saved only by God’s grace - that loving and merciful attitude of God that freely gives his immeasurable blessings to those who do not deserve them. When people accept the salvation that this grace brings, they learn that their most fitting response is to turn from their former sinful ways and follow the ways of God. They have a desire for holiness, and this desire is increased by their anticipation of Christ’s return (11-13). Christ died not... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Titus 3:5

Not . App-105 . by . Greek. ek , App-104 . of. Greek. en . App-104 . righteousness. App-191 . have done = did, according to . App-104 ., with texts. by . App-104 .Titus 3:1 . the washing . . . Ghost . Figure of speech Hendiadye . App-8 . Two things mentioned but only one thing meant. A reference here to the gifts abundantly bestowed on us" before the truth was announced regarding the believer's completeness in Christ, apart from ordinces. washing . Greek. loutron . Only here and... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Titus 3:5

not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,Before taking up a line-by-line analysis of this, it is profitable to glance at other Scriptures which are admitted by scholars to be parallel to the teaching here. Scripture is always the best comment on Scripture.As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ (Galatians 3:27).Of this verse, Spence said, "The... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Titus 3:5

Titus 3:5. Not by works of righteousness, &c.— "For it was not by any works of righteousness which we ourselves had done; for any acts of obedience, whether to ceremonial or moral precepts, by which we had made ourselves worthy of his favourable regard; but according to his own mercy, that he saved us from condemnation and ruin, by the washing of regeneration, and therenewing of the Holy Spirit; which, by its purifying influence, operates to turn to God all that will yield to be saved by... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Titus 3:5

5. Not by—Greek, "Out of"; "not as a result springing from works," c. of righteousness—Greek, "in righteousness," that is, wrought "in a state of righteousness": as "deeds . . . wrought in God." There was an utter absence in us of the element ("righteousness") in which alone righteous works could be done, and so necessarily an absence of the works. "We neither did works of righteousness, nor were saved in consequence of them but His goodness did the whole" [THEOPHYLACT]. we—emphatically opposed... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Titus 3:1-8

Individual responsibility 3:1-8"After a brief exhortation to Titus (Titus 2:15) to ’teach these things’ (at least Titus 2:1-14), Paul returns in this section to the major concern of the letter-’good works’ (i.e., genuinely Christian behavior) for the sake of the outsider (Titus 3:1-8) and in contrast to the false teachers (Titus 3:9-11)." [Note: Fee, p. 200.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Titus 3:1-11

2. The behavior of all in the church 3:1-11Paul broadened the focus of his instructions to clarify the responsibilities of all Christians in view of God’s grace. read more

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