To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [O] brethren beloved by God, we recognize and know that He has selected (chosen) you; American Standard Version (1901) knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election, Common English Bible Brothers and sisters, you are loved by God, and we know that he has chosen you. Catholic Public Domain Version For we know, brothers, beloved of God, of your election. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Knowing, brethren beloved of God, your election: |
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
As he saith also in Hose´a, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: