Titus 3:7
New International Version
so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

New Living Translation
Because of his grace he made us right in his sight and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.

English Standard Version
so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Berean Standard Bible
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Berean Literal Bible
so that, having been justified by that grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

King James Bible
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

New King James Version
that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

New American Standard Bible
so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

NASB 1995
so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

NASB 1977
that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Legacy Standard Bible
so that having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Amplified Bible
so that we would be justified [made free of the guilt of sin] by His [compassionate, undeserved] grace, and that we would be [acknowledged as acceptable to Him and] made heirs of eternal life [actually experiencing it] according to our hope (His guarantee).

Christian Standard Bible
so that, having been justified by his grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that, having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

American Standard Version
that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That we would be made right by his grace and we would be heirs by the hope in eternal life.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus treated us much better than we deserve. He made us acceptable to God and gave us the hope of eternal life.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That, being justified by his grace, we may be heirs, according to hope of life everlasting.

English Revised Version
that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
As a result, God in his kindness has given us his approval and we have become heirs who have the confidence that we have everlasting life.

Good News Translation
so that by his grace we might be put right with God and come into possession of the eternal life we hope for.

International Standard Version
And so, made heirs by his own grace, eternal life we now embrace.

Literal Standard Version
that having been declared righteous by His grace, we may become heirs according to the hope of continuous life.

Majority Standard Bible
so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

New American Bible
so that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life.

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

New Revised Standard Version
so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

New Heart English Bible
that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of everlasting life.

Webster's Bible Translation
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Weymouth New Testament
in order that having been declared righteous through His grace we might become heirs to the Life of the Ages in fulfilment of our hopes.

World English Bible
that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Young's Literal Translation
that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

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Context
God's Mercy to Us
6This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life. 8This saying is trustworthy. And I want you to emphasize these things, so that those who have believed God will take care to devote themselves to good deeds. These things are excellent and profitable for the people.…

Cross References
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Mark 10:17
As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. "Good Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Romans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ--if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Romans 8:24
For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?

2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,

Titus 1:2
in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?


Treasury of Scripture

That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

being.

Titus 2:11
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Romans 3:24,28
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: …

Romans 4:4,16
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt…

made.

Romans 8:17,23,24
And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together…

Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Galatians 4:7
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

hope.

Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Titus 2:13
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

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Titus 3
1. Titus is further directed by Paul concerning the things that he should teach and not teach.
10. He is to reject obstinate heretics.
12. Paul appoints him time and place wherein he should come unto him.














(7) That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.--Here appears the glorious design of God's salvation. We were in a hopeless and lost state, from which God's love for man saved us by the laver of regeneration and renovation; and this was the end for which He saved us--that we should be heirs of eternal life. "Being justified," that is, freed from the future punishment and consequences of sin, and received into the favour and friendship of God, which favour and friendship had been, through sin, forfeited. "By His grace," by the favour and kindness of God the Father are we restored to His love and friendship. "Heirs," see Romans 8:17, where this thought of our heirship of heaven is enlarged. "According to the hope of eternal life;" this life eternal is still for us in the future, though ever present in respect of hope; children of God we indeed are, and sharers in many a good gift of our Father, but eternal life, that glorious inheritance, is still in the far future, and as yet can only be enjoyed by us in hope, but it is a sure hope--eternal life--the hope of which is the mainspring of all Christian work and activity--though it includes it, of course, is something far more than merely endless existence. A veil, impenetrable to mortal eye, hangs between us and the many mansions of the Father's house. "It doth not yet appear what we shall be;" we only know that then, we, in company with an innumerable host of blessed beings, shall share in the beatific vision; we only know that then "we shall ever be with the Lord;" and that with this thought and with these words are we to comfort one another. (See 1Thessalonians 4:17-18.)

Verse 7. - Might for should, A.V. Being justified by his grace; showing very clearly that righteousness in man did not precede and cause the saving mercy of God, but that mercy went before and provided the justification which is altogether of grace, and which issues in the possession of eternal life. Heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This seems to be the right rendering rather than that in the margin, heirs, according to hope, of eternal life, making "eternal life" depend upon "heirs." The passage in Titus 1:2, "In hope of eternal life," is a very strong reason for taking the same construction here. The answer in the Church Catechism, "Wherein I was made a member of Christ, a child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven," follows very closely St. Paul's teaching in the text (see Romans 4:13, 14; Romans 8:17; Galatians 3:29, 4:7).

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Greek
so that,
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

having been justified
δικαιωθέντες (dikaiōthentes)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 1344: From dikaios; to render just or innocent.

by [His]
ἐκείνου (ekeinou)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 1565: That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.

grace,
χάριτι (chariti)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5485: From chairo; graciousness, of manner or act.

we would become
γενηθῶμεν (genēthōmen)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

heirs
κληρονόμοι (klēronomoi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2818: From kleros and the base of nomos (reflexively) getting by apportionment); a sharer by lot, i.e. Inheritor; by implication, a possessor.

with
κατ’ (kat’)
Preposition
Strong's 2596: A primary particle; down, in varied relations (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined).

[the] hope
ἐλπίδα (elpida)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1680: Hope, expectation, trust, confidence. From a primary elpo; expectation or confidence.

of eternal
αἰωνίου (aiōniou)
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 166: From aion; perpetual.

life.
ζωῆς (zōēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 2222: Life, both of physical (present) and of spiritual (particularly future) existence. From zao; life.


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