2Th 2:13, Tit 3:3-6, 1Pe 1:2, 22, 1Jo 3:24 | ESV | STEP | But we ought always to give thanks to God for you , brothers beloved by the Lord , because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved , through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth .

2 Thessalonians 2:13

Stand Firm

13 But ^awe ought always to give thanks to God for you, ^bbrothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you ^cas the firstfruits ^{▼▼Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning} ^eto be saved, ^fthrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Titus 3:3-6

3 For ^gwe ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when ^hthe goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, ⁱnot because of works done by us in righteousness, but ^jaccording to his own mercy, by ^kthe washing of regeneration and ^lrenewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he ^mpoured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

1 Peter 1:2

2 according to ⁿthe foreknowledge of God the Father, ^oin the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and ^pfor sprinkling with his blood:

May ^qgrace and ^rpeace be multiplied to you.

1 Peter 1:22

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for ^sa sincere brotherly love, ^tlove one another earnestly from a pure heart,

1 John 3:24

24 ^uWhoever keeps his commandments abides in God, ^{▼▼Greek him} and God ^{▼▼Greek he} in him. And ^xby this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.