Malachi 3:17

3:17 “They will belong to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “in the day when I prepare my own special property. ¹  I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.

Titus 2:14

2:14 He ²  gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, ³  who are eager to do good. ⁴ 

[3:17]  ¹ sn The Hebrew word סְגֻלָּה (sÿgullah, “special property”) is a technical term referring to all the recipients of God’s redemptive grace, especially Israel (Exod 19:5; Deut 7:6; 14:2; 26:18). The Lord says here that he will not forget even one individual in the day of judgment and reward.

[2:14]  ² tn Grk “who” (as a continuation of the previous clause).

[2:14]  ³ tn Or “a people who are his very own.”

[2:14]  ⁴ tn Grk “for good works.”