whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior.

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

Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

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,

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

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

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.