Monday, May 7, 2012

The New Birth, Titus 3:5


“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration (G3824, new birth), and renewing of the Holy Ghost;”  Titus 3:5 

Could be translated “… by the washing of the new birth…”

G3824  παλιγγενεσία  paliggenesia
Thayer Definition:
1) new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration
1a) hence renovation, regeneration, the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind for the better. The word often used to denote the restoration of a thing to its pristine state, its renovation, as a renewal or restoration of life after death

Dr. Bruce Klein 
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