2 Thessalonians 2:13

In contrast, Paul gives thanks that God chose the Thessalonians from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's sanctifying work and their belief in the truth. Their salvation rests on God's gracious choice.

Cross-references · 39

• 2 Tim 1:9who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,
• Eph 1:4–5even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love;
• 1 Th 1:4We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,
• 1 Th 5:9For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• Rom 9:11For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,
• Acts 13:48As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
• 2 Th 1:3We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, even as it is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of each and every one of you towards one another abounds;
• Isa 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done. I say: My counsel will stand, and I will do all that I please.
• Dan 9:23At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
• Ezek 16:8“‘“Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and you became mine.
• 1 Jn 4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• 1 Pet 1:2–5according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
• Col 1:5because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News,
• Prov 8:23I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
• Eph 2:8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
• Deut 33:12About Benjamin he said, “The beloved of Yahweh will dwell in safety by him. He covers him all day long. He dwells between his shoulders.”
• Jer 31:3Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with loving kindness.
• 2 Th 2:12that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• Rom 1:7–8to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Sam 12:25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for Yahweh’s sake.
• 2 Th 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
• Acts 15:9He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
• Jas 1:18Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.
• 1 Jn 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.
• Dan 10:11He said to me, Daniel, you man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright; for am I now sent to you. When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
• Gal 3:1Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?
• 2 Tim 2:15Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
• Dan 10:19He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”
• 2 Tim 3:15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus.
• Heb 1:10And, “You, Lord, in the beginning, laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the works of your hands.
• John 8:44–46You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
• John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
• Rom 6:17But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.
• 2 Th 2:10and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
• Rom 8:33Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
• Luke 1:75In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.
• Col 3:12Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
• Gen 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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