Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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4 But when the goodness and love for man appeared from God our Savior,
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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
5 He saved us- not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
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he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
6 This [Spirit] He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
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whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
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so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
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