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4 But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in,
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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
5 he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out 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 Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously.
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whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 God's gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there's more life to come - an eternity of 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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