Titus 3:4

3:4 ¹  But “when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

Titus 3:7

3:7 And so, ²  since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.” ³ 

¹ tn Verses 4-7 are set as poetry in NA²⁶/NA²⁷. These verses probably constitute the referent of the expression “this saying” in v. 8.

² 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…”

³ tn Grk “heirs according to the hope of eternal life.”