2 Thessalonians 2:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But we are bound to give thanks alway 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But we, brethren beloved by the Lord, ought and are obligated [as those who are in debt] to give thanks always to God for you, because God chose you from the beginning as His firstfruits (first converts) for salvation through the sanctifying work of the [Holy] Spirit and [your] belief in (adherence to, trust in, and reliance on) the Truth.

American Standard Version (1901)

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

Common English Bible

But we always must thank God for you, brothers and sisters who are loved by God. This is because he chose you from the beginning to be the first crop of the harvest. This brought salvation, through your dedication to God by the Spirit and through your belief in the truth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He has also called you into truth through our Gospel, unto the acquisition of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:13 Cross References

Genesis 1:1

When God began to create the heavens and the earth,

2 Samuel 12:25

and sent a message by the prophet Nathan, so he named him Jedidiah because of the Lord.

Proverbs 8:23

Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the outcome from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, “My purpose shall stand, and I will fulfill my intention,”

Jeremiah 31:3

the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Ezekiel 16:8

I passed by you again and looked on you; you were at the age for love. I spread the edge of my cloak over you and covered your nakedness: I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.

Daniel 10:11

He said to me, “Daniel, greatly beloved, pay attention to the words that I am going to speak to you. Stand on your feet, for I have now been sent to you.” So while he was speaking this word to me, I stood up trembling.

Daniel 10:19

He said, “Do not fear, greatly beloved; you are safe. Be strong and courageous!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

Daniel 9:23

At the beginning of your supplications a word went out, and I have come to declare it, for you are greatly beloved. So consider the word and understand the vision:

Luke 1:75

in holiness and righteousness in his presence all our days.

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Acts 13:48

When the gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord, and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.

Acts 15:9

and in cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction between them and us.

Romans 6:17

But thanks be to God that you who were slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the form of teaching to which you were entrusted

Romans 8:33

Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

Romans 9:11

even before they had been born or had done anything good or bad (so that God’s purpose of election might continue,

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of the proclamation, to save those who believe.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—

Deuteronomy 33:12

Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the Lord rests in safety— the Most High surrounds him all day long— and he rests between his shoulders.”

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. You have heard of this hope before in the word of the truth, the gospel

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

1 Thessalonians 1:4

For we know, brothers and sisters beloved by God, that he has chosen you,

1 Thessalonians 2:12

urging and encouraging you and pleading that you lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,

2 Timothy 1:9

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace, and this grace was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,

2 Timothy 2:15

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.

2 Timothy 3:15

and how from childhood you have known sacred writings that are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 1:10

And, “In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands;

James 1:18

In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

1 John 4:10

In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

1 John 4:19

We love because he first loved us.