ESV Reformation Study Bible – Titus 3:7
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Titus 3:7

3:7 justified. Declared righteous before God.

by his grace. Left to ourselves (vv. 3, 4), we could never stand righteous before God. The point of vv. 3–7 is that righteousness comes through God’s grace alone (Rom. 3:21–25).

heirs. God’s purpose in extending His grace to sinners is not only to save them from eternal judgment, but to make them part of His family through adoption and thus heirs of His promises (Rom. 8:17; Gal. 3:29; 4:7).