5 not on the principle of works which {have been done} in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through {the} washing of regeneration and renewal of {the} Holy Spirit,

5 他就救了我们， 并不是由于我们所行的义， 而是照着他的怜悯， 借着重生的洗和圣灵的更新。