2 Thessalonians Chapter 2, Verse 13

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13: 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:- edit KJV text
13: Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.— edit Douay text

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you. "2 Thes 1:3".


Because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation. The following important things are affirmed or implied here:

  1. That God had chosen or elected them (eileto) to salvation.
  2. That this was from the beginning, (ap archv) that is, from eternity. Jn 1:1 Eph 1:4, Eph 3:9ff
  3. That this was the choice of the persons to whom Paul referred.
  4. That this is a reason for thanksgiving.

Through sanctification of the Spirit. Being made holy by the Divine Spirit. It is not without respect to character, but it is a choice to holiness and then to salvation. No one can have evidence that he is chosen to salvation except as he has evidence that he is sanctified by the Spirit. "Eph 1:4".

And belief of the truth. In connexion with believing the truth. No one who is not a believer in the truth can have evidence that God has chosen him.

— edit commentary

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