2 Thessalonians 2:13

Bible in Basic English 1965

But it is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, loved by the Lord, because it was the purpose of God from the first that you might have salvation, being made holy by the Spirit and by faith in what is true:

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

At the first God made the heaven and the earth.

2 Samuel 12:25

And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.

Proverbs 8:23

From eternal days I was given my place, from the birth of time, before the earth was.

Isaiah 46:10

Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;

Jeremiah 31:3

From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.

Ezekiel 16:8

Now when I went past you, looking at you, I saw that your time was the time of love; and I put my skirts over you, covering your unclothed body: and I gave you my oath and made an agreement with you, says the Lord, and you became mine.

Daniel 10:11

And he said to me, O Daniel, you man dearly loved, take in the sense of the words I say to you and get up on to your feet: for to you I am now sent; and when he had said this to me I got on to my feet, shaking with fear.

Daniel 10:19

And he said to me, O man greatly loved, have no fear: peace be with you, be strong and let your heart be lifted up. And at his words I became strong, and said, Let my lord say on, for you have given me strength.

Daniel 9:23

At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear to you.

Luke 1:75

In righteousness and holy living before him all our days.

John 1:1

From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

Acts 13:48

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

Acts 15:9

Making no division between them and us, but making clean their hearts by faith.

Romans 6:17

But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;

Romans 8:33

Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;

Romans 9:11

Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,

1 Corinthians 1:21

For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

Galatians 3:1

O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?

Ephesians 2:8

Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:

Deuteronomy 33:12

And of Benjamin he said, Benjamin is the loved one of the Lord, he will be kept safe at all times; he will be covered by the Most High, resting between his arms.

Colossians 1:5

Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

Colossians 3:12

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

1 Thessalonians 1:4

Being conscious, my brothers, dear to God, that you have been marked out by God's purpose;

1 Thessalonians 2:12

So that your lives might be pleasing to God, who has given you a part in his kingdom and his glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

Because it is God's purpose that our way of life may be not unclean but holy.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Thessalonians 1:3

It is right for us to give praise to God at all times for you, brothers, because of the great increase of your faith, and the wealth of your love for one another;

2 Thessalonians 2:10

And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

So that they all may be judged, who had no faith in what is true, but took pleasure in evil.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

2 Timothy 1:9

Who gave us salvation, marking us out for his purpose, not on account of our works, but in the measure of his purpose and his grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

2 Timothy 2:15

Let it be your care to get the approval of God, as a workman who has no cause for shame, giving the true word in the right way.

2 Timothy 3:15

And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 1:10

You, Lord, at the first did put the earth on its base, and the heavens are the works of your hands:

James 1:18

Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

1 John 4:10

And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

1 John 4:19

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.