2Ti 1:9, Tit 3:3-5 | ESV | STEP | who saved us and called us to a holy calling , not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace , which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began ,

2 Timothy 1:9

9 ^awho saved us and ^bcalled us to ^{▼▼Or with} a holy calling, ^dnot because of our works but because of ^ehis own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus ^fbefore the ages began, ^{▼▼Greek before times eternal}

Titus 3:3-5

3 For ^hwe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when ⁱthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, ^jnot because of works done by us in righteousness, but ^kaccording to his own mercy, by ^lthe washing of regeneration and ^mrenewal of the Holy Spirit,