2 Thessalonians 2:13

Easy To Read Version

Brothers and sisters, the Lord loves you. God chose you from the beginning to be saved. So we should always thank God for you. You are saved by the Spirit {\cf2\super [7]} making you holy {\cf2\super [8]} and by your faith (believing) in the truth.

Cross References

Genesis 1:1

God made the sky and earth. At first,

2 Samuel 12:25

The Lord sent word through Nathan the prophet. Nathan gave Solomon the name, Jedidiah. [68] Nathan did this for the Lord.

Proverbs 8:23

I was made in the beginning.\par I was made first, before the world.\par

Isaiah 46:10

“In the beginning, I told you about the things that will happen in the end. A long time ago, I told you things that had not yet happened. When I plan something—that thing happens. I do the things I want to do.

Jeremiah 31:3

From far away, the Lord\par will appear to his people.\par

Ezekiel 16:8

I looked you over. I saw you were ready for love. So I spread my clothes over you {\cf2\super [118]} and covered your nakedness. I promised to marry you. I made the agreement {\cf2\super [119]} with you. And you became mine.’” The Lord my Master said these things.

Daniel 10:11

The man in the vision {\cf2\super [122]} said to me, ‘Daniel, God loves you very much. Think very carefully about the words I will speak to you. Stand up, I have been sent to you.’ And when he said this, I stood up. I was still shaking because I was afraid.

Daniel 10:19

Then he said, ‘Daniel, don’t be afraid. God loves you very much. Peace be with you. Be strong now, be strong.’

Daniel 9:23

When you first started praying, the command was given. And I came to tell you. God loves you very much! You will understand this command, and you will understand the vision.

Luke 1:75

We will be holy and good before God as long as we live.\par

John 1:1

Before the world began, the Word {\cf2\super [1]} was there. The Word was there with God. The Word was God.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way. I am the truth and the life. The only way to the Father is through me.

Acts 13:48

When the non-Jewish people heard Paul say this, they were happy. They gave honor to the message {\cf2\super [278]} of the Lord. And many of the people believed the message. These were the people chosen to have life forever.

Acts 15:9

To God, those people are not different from us. When they believed, God made their hearts pure.

Romans 6:17

In the past you were slaves to sin—sin controlled you. But thank God, you fully obeyed the things that were taught to you.

Romans 8:33

Who can accuse the people that God has chosen? No one! God is the One who makes his people right.

1 Corinthians 1:21

This is what God with his wisdom wanted: The world did not know God through the world’s own wisdom. So God used the message {\cf2\super [8]} that sounds foolish to save the people that believe it.

Galatians 3:1

You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were very foolish. You let someone trick you.

Ephesians 2:8

I mean that you are saved by grace. And you got that grace by believing. You did not save yourselves. It was a gift from God.

Deuteronomy 33:12

Moses said this about Benjamin:

Colossians 1:5

You have faith in Christ and love God’s people because of the hope you have. You know that the things you hope for are saved for you in heaven. You learned about this hope when you heard the true teaching, the Good News {\cf2\super [3]}

Colossians 3:12

God has chosen you and made you his holy people. {\cf2\super [18]} He loves you. So always do these things: Show mercy to people; be kind, humble, gentle, and patient.

1 Thessalonians 1:4

Brothers and sisters, God loves you. And we know that he has chosen you to be his people.

1 Thessalonians 2:12

We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we told you to live good lives for God. God calls you to his kingdom and glory.

1 Thessalonians 4:7

God called us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

God did not choose us to suffer his anger. God chose us to have salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:3

We thank God for you always. And we should do that because that is right for us to do. It is right because your faith is growing more and more. And the love that every one of you has for each other is also growing.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

The Man of Evil will use every kind of evil to trick those people who are lost. Those people are lost because they refused to love the truth. (If they loved the truth, they would be saved.)

2 Thessalonians 2:12

So all those people who don’t believe the truth will be condemned (judged guilty). They did not believe the truth, and they enjoyed doing evil things.

2 Timothy 1:9

God saved us and made us his holy people. {\cf2\super [6]} That happened not because of anything we did ourselves. No! God saved us and made us his people because that was what he wanted and because of his grace (kindness). That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began.

2 Timothy 2:15

Do the very best you can to be the kind of person that God will accept, and give yourself to him. Be a worker who is not ashamed of his work—a worker who uses the true teaching in the right way.

Hebrews 1:10

God also says,

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth. He wanted us to be the most important of all the things he made.

1 John 4:10

True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God. God sent his Son to be the way that God takes away our sins.

1 John 4:19

We love because God first loved us.