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 Non par des œuvres de justice que nous eussions faites, mais selon la miséricorde; par le baptême de la régénération, et le renouvellement du Saint-Esprit ;