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Tit 3:5. Οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων, not of [by] works) The negative belongs to the whole sentence: we had not been in a state of righteousness; we had not done works in righteousness; we had no works by which we could be saved. So Moses to Israel, Deu 9:5-[13] διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως Πνεύματος Ἁγιου, by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost) The renewing is immediately construed with by; for as washing and regeneration, so renewing and He shed on us, are closely connected. Two things are mentioned: the washing of regeneration, which is a periphrasis for baptism into Christ; and the renewing of the Holy Spirit. Comp. Heb 2:4, note. For in both places the benefits are praised, which have come to us by Christ and by the Holy Spirit. So it is called the work of divine grace, not only in respect of individuals, but in respect of the very abundant economy of the New Testament. This regeneration and renewing takes away all the death and the old state, under which we so wretchedly lay, and which is described, Tit 3:3 :2Co 5:17.
[13] Ἔσωσεν ἡμᾶς, He saved us) Christianity itself, as opposed to former misery (ver. 3), brings a most real and present salvation.-V. g.