2 Thessalonians 2:13

World English Bible (2000)

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;

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  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
  • 1 Thess 1:4 : 4 We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,
  • 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 2 Thess 1:3 : 3 We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
  • Acts 13:48 : 48 As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
  • Eph 1:4-5 : 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without blemish before him in love; 5 having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,
  • 1 Pet 1:2-5 : 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that doesn't fade away, reserved in Heaven for you, 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
  • Rom 9:11 : 11 For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth among you as crucified?
  • 2 Thess 2:12 : 12 that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
  • Eph 2:8 : 8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
  • Deut 33:12 : 12 Of Benjamin he said, "The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him. He covers him all the day long. He dwells between his shoulders."
  • 2 Sam 12:25 : 25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh's sake.
  • Prov 8:23 : 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
  • Isa 46:10 : 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
  • Jer 31:3 : 3 Yahweh appeared of old to me, [saying], Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
  • Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.
  • Dan 9:23 : 23 At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
  • Dan 10:11 : 11 He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for am I now sent to you. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
  • Dan 10:19 : 19 He said, "Greatly beloved man, don't be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, "Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me."
  • Luke 1:75 : 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
  • John 1:1 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  • John 8:44-46 : 44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father. 45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • Col 1:5 : 5 because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
  • Acts 15:9 : 9 He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
  • Rom 1:7-8 : 7 to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
  • Rom 6:17 : 17 But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.
  • Rom 8:33 : 33 Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
  • 2 Thess 2:16 : 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
  • 2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • 1 John 4:19 : 19 We love him, because he first loved us.
  • 2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn't need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
  • 2 Tim 3:15 : 15 From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
  • Heb 1:10 : 10 And, "You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

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