Titus 3:5 Not by works .. salvaion not earned. Washing .. Ephesians 5:26, John 3:3-5, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Washing .. Arnt & Ging: The bath that brings about regeneration" Washing of regeneration .. is this "washing" both "regenerating" and "renewing"? OR is the "by" = "through" (ASV) Washing of sin Revelation 1:5 Renewal .. "effected by the H.S." Thayer 2 Corinthians 4:16, Colossians 3:10 Romans 6:4, Renewing .. Renewed of or "acomplished by" the H.S. What is renewal? see Romans 12:1-2 EGT suggests an analogy of natural birth used of the new birth. Birth, natural and spiritual, takes place at a definite moment. 1 Peter 1:22-23