Psalms 103:3-4

103:3 He is the one who forgives all your sins,

who heals all your diseases, ¹ 

103:4 who delivers ²  your life from the Pit, ³ 

who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion,

Matthew 1:21

1:21 She will give birth to a son and you will name him ⁴  Jesus, ⁵  because he will save his people from their sins.”

Romans 6:14

6:14 For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace.

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ⁶  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ⁷  who are eager to do good. ⁸ 

Titus 2:1

Conduct Consistent with Sound Teaching

2:1 But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with ⁹  sound teaching.

Titus 3:5-8

3:5 he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, 3:6 whom he poured out on us in full measure ¹⁰  through Jesus Christ our Savior. 3:7 And so, ¹¹  since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.” ¹² 

Summary of the Letter

3:8 This saying ¹³  is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, ¹⁴  so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.

¹ tn This relatively rare noun refers to deadly diseases (see Deut 29:22; Jer 14:18; 16:4; 2 Chr 21:19).

² tn Or “redeems.”

³ tn The Hebrew term שַׁחַת (shakhat, “pit”) is often used as a title for Sheol (see Pss 16:10; 30:9; 49:9; 55:24.

⁴ tn Grk “you will call his name.”

⁵ sn The Greek form of the name Ihsous, which was translated into Latin as Jesus, is the same as the Hebrew Yeshua (Joshua), which means “Yahweh saves” (Yahweh is typically rendered as “Lord” in the OT). It was a fairly common name among Jews in 1st century Palestine, as references to a number of people by this name in the LXX and Josephus indicate.

⁶ tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

⁷ tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

⁸ tn Grk “for good works.”

⁹ tn Grk “say what is fitting for sound teaching” (introducing the behavior called for in this chapter.).

¹⁰ tn Or “on us richly.”

¹¹ tn This is the conclusion of a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek encompassing Titus 3:4-7. Showing the goal of God’s merciful salvation, v. 7 begins literally, “in order that, being justified…we might become heirs…”

¹² tn Grk “heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”

¹³ sn This saying (Grk “the saying”) refers to the preceding citation (Titus 3:4-7). See 1 Tim 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim 2:11 for other occurrences of this phrase.

¹⁴ tn Grk “concerning these things.”