5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit,

5 ne per laboroj faritaj en justeco, kiujn ni mem farus, sed laŭ Sia kompato Li savis nin, per la lavado de renasko, kaj per la renovigo de la Sankta Spirito,