^3 (A)For we too were once foolish, ^(B)disobedient, ^(C)deceived, ^(D)enslaved to ^(E)various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in ^(F)malice and ^(G)envy, hateful, hating one another. ⁴ But when the ^(H)kindness of ^(I)God our Savior and His love for mankind ^(J)appeared, ^5 (K)He saved us, ^(L)not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but ^(M)in accordance with His mercy, by the ^(N)washing of regeneration and ^(O)renewing by the Holy Spirit, ^6 (P)whom He ^(Q)richly poured out upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷ so that being justified by His grace we would be made ^(R)heirs ^[a]according to the hope of eternal life. ^8 (S)This statement is trustworthy; and concerning these things I ^(T)want you to speak confidently, so that those who have ^(U)believed God will be careful to ^(V)engage in good deeds. These things are good and beneficial for people.

⁴ But God, being ^(A)rich in mercy, because of ^(B)His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were ^(C)dead ^[a]in our wrongdoings, made us alive together ^[b]with Christ (^(D)by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and ^(E)raised us up with Him, and ^(F)seated us with Him in ^(G)the heavenly places in ^(H)Christ Jesus, ⁷ so that in the ages to come He might show the ^[c]boundless ^(I)riches of His grace in ^(J)kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For ^(K)by grace you have been saved ^(L)through faith; and ^[d]this is not of yourselves, it is ^(M)the gift of God; ^9 (N)not a result of works, so that ^(O)no one may boast.