2 Thessalonians 2:13 BSB

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

KJV

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:

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On the Holy Spirit 3.4.27-28 (397)

And the apostle also teaches that the Holy Spirit sanctifies. For he speaks thus, "We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brothers dearly beloved of the Lord; because God chose you as first fruits for salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth." So, then, the Father sanctifies, the Son also sanctifies, and the Holy Spirit sanctifies; but the sanctification is one, and the grace of the sacrament is one.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

God hath from the beginning - Of your hearing the gospel. Chosen you to salvation - Taken you out of the world, and placed you in the way to glory.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

We are not the elected of God because we were holy, but that we might be holy. Being chosen of God, we must not live as we list; but, if we are chosen to salvation as the end, we must be prepared for it by sanctification as the necessary means to obtain that end, which sanctification is by the operation of the Holy Spirit as the author and by faith on our part.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you; - see the notes on 2Th 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 (εἵλετο heileto) to salvation. The doctrine of election, therefore, is true. (2) That this was from “the beginning” ἀπ ̓ ἀρχῆς ap' archēs; that is, from eternity; see the Joh 1:1 note; Eph 1:4; 3:9-11 notes. The doctrine of eternal election is, therefore, true.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἡμεῖς	Hēmeis	We ourselves	G3165 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ὀφείλομεν	opheilomen	ought	G3784 →
εὐχαριστεῖν	eucharistein	to give thanks	G2168 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
θεῷ	theō	to God	G2316 →
πάντοτε	pantote	always	G3842 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
ὑμῶν,	humōn	you,	G4771 →
ἀδελφοὶ	adelphoi	brothers	G80 →
ἠγαπημένοι	ēgapēmenoi	beloved	G25 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
κυρίου,	kuriou	[the] Lord,	G2962 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
εἵλατο	eilato	has chosen	G138 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἀπαρχὴν	aparchēn	from [the] beginning	G536 →
εἰς	eis	unto	G1519 →
σωτηρίαν	sōtērian	salvation	G4991 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἁγιασμῷ	hagiasmō	[the] sanctification	G38 →
πνεύματος	pneumatos	of [the] Spirit	G4151 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πίστει	pistei	[by] faith	G4102 →
ἀληθείας,	alētheias	of [the] truth,	G225 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works, but by His own purpose and by the grace He granted us in Christ Jesus before time began.
leads to
- Titus 3:4–5
  But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ephesians 2:8–9
  For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- Ephesians 1:3–4
  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Romans 11:5–6
  In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
- Romans 16:25
  Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
Through
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 1:10
  and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
- 1 Peter 2:10
  Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Through
1 Thessalonians 1:4
Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
leads to
- 2 Peter 1:10
  Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.