2 Thessalonians 2:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth:

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  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who hath saued vs, & called vs with an holy callyng, not accordyng to our workes: but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace, which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus, before the world began:
  • 1 Thess 1:4 : 4 Knowyng, brethren beloued, your election of God.
  • 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath: but to obtayne saluation, by our Lorde Iesus Christe,
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to thanke God alwayes for you brethren, as it is meete, because that your fayth groweth exceedyngly, and the loue of euery one of you toward another aboundeth:
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 And when the Gentiles hearde this, they were glad, and glorified the worde of the Lorde, and as many as were ordayned to eternall lyfe, beleued.
  • Eph 1:4-5 : 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue. 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childre, by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe, according to the good pleasure of his wyll:
  • 1 Pet 1:2-5 : 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father, vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite, through obedience & sprinklyng of ye blood of Iesus Christ: Grace & peace be multiplied vnto you. 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope, by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death, 4 To an inheritaunce immortall, and vndefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserued in heauen for you, 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation, which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For yer the chyldren were borne, when they had neither done good neither bad, (that the purpose of God by election might stande: not by the reason of workes, but by the caller)
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolishe Galathians, who hath bewitched you, that ye shoulde not obey ye trueth? To whom Iesus Christe was described before the eyes, & among you crucified.
  • 2 Thess 2:12 : 12 That all they myght be dampned whiche beleued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnryghteousnes.
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth, and that not of your selues, it is the gyft of God:
  • Deut 33:12 : 12 And of Beniamin he sayde: The beloued of the Lorde shall dwell in safetie vpon hym, and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long, and he shall dwell betweene his shoulders.
  • 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 And had sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet: therefore he called his name Iedidia, of the Lordes behalfe.
  • Prov 8:23 : 23 I haue ben ordayned from euerlasting, and from the beginning or euer the earth was made.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 In the beginning of a thing I shewe the ende therof, & I tell before thinges that are not yet come to passe: My deuise standeth stedfastly stablished, and I fulfill all my pleasure.
  • Jer 31:3 : 3 Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appeare vnto me from farre and say I loue thee with an euerlasting loue, therfore by my mercie I haue drawen thee vnto me.
  • Ezek 16:8 : 8 Nowe when I went by thee and looked vpon thee, beholde, thy tyme was come, yea euen the time to woo thee: then spread I my clothes ouer thee to couer thy dishonestie, yea I made an othe vnto thee, and contracted my selfe with thee (saith the Lorde God) and so thou becamest myne owne.
  • Dan 9:23 : 23 At the beginning of thy supplications, the commaundement came foorth, and I am come to shewe thee, for thou art greatly beloued: therefore vnderstande the matter and consider the vision.
  • Dan 10:11 : 11 And he saide vnto me: O Daniel, thou welbeloued man, take good heede to the wordes that I say vnto thee, and stand in thy place: for vnto thee am I nowe sent. And when he had said these words vnto me, I stoode vp trembling.
  • Dan 10:19 : 19 And saide, O man greatly beloued feare not, peace be vnto thee, be strong and of good courage. So when he had spoken vnto me, I was strengthened and saide, Speake on my Lorde: for thou hast strengthened me.
  • Luke 1:75 : 75 All the dayes of our life, in such holynesse and righteousnes as are accepted before hym.
  • John 1:1 : 1 In the begynnyng was the worde, & the worde was with God: and that worde was God.
  • John 8:44-46 : 44 Ye are of your father the deuyll, and the lustes of your father wyll ye do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the trueth: because there is no trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his owne: For he is a lyer, and the father of the same thyng. 45 And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not. 46 Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Iesus sayth vnto hym: I am the way, and the trueth, and the lyfe. No man cometh vnto the father, but by me.
  • Col 1:5 : 5 For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen, of which hope ye hearde before, in the worde of trueth of the Gospell,
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therfore (as the elect of God, holy and beloued) bowels of mercie, kyndenesse, humblenesse of mynde, mekenesse, long sufferyng,
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 And put no difference betwene vs and them, purifiyng their heartes by fayth.
  • Rom 1:7-8 : 7 To all that be in Rome, beloued of God, saintes by callyng, grace to you, and peace, from God our father, and the Lorde Iesus Christe. 8 First verily I thanke my God through Iesus Christe for you all, that your fayth is publisshed throughout all the worlde.
  • Rom 6:17 : 17 But God be thanked, that ye were the seruautes of sinne: but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine, into the which ye were brought vnto.
  • Rom 8:33 : 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen? It is God that iustifieth:
  • 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Our Lorde Iesus Christe, and God and our father, whiche hath loued vs, and hath geuen vs euerlastyng consolation, and good hope in grace,
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 And in all deceauablenesse of vnryghteousnesse, in them that peryshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 Herein is loue, not that we loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We loue hym, for he loued vs first.
  • 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God, a workman not to be ashamed, rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus.
  • Heb 1:10 : 10 And thou Lorde, in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth: And the heauens are the workes of thy handes:
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures.

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