2Th 2:13 | HCSB | STEP | But we must always thank God for you , brothers loved by the Lord , because from the beginning God has chosen you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth .

d Rm 6:19; 1Co 1:30; 1Th 4:3; 1Tm 2:15; Heb 12:14; 1Pt 1:2

2 Thessalonians 2:13

Stand Firm

13 But we must always thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning ^{▼▼Other mss read because as a firstfruit} God has chosen ^b you for salvation through ^{▼▼saint(s)/sanctification/sanctify/sanctified: The work of the Holy Spirit that separates believers in Jesus from the world; at the time of saving faith in Jesus, the believer is made a saint; therefore, all believers are saints. The believer participates with the Spirit in a process of transformation that continues until glorification. The goal of sanctification is progressive conformity to the image of Jesus Christ.}sanctification ^d by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.