“And we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, beloved by the LORD, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,”— 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (LSV)
10and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth for their being saved,
11and because of this God will send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,
12that they may be judged—all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.
13And we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brothers, beloved by the LORD, that God chose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,
14to which He called you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;
15so, then, brothers, stand fast, and hold the traditions that you were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;
16and may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us, and gave continuous comfort, and good hope in grace,