Stand Firm

¹³ But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning^[a] God has chosen^(A) you for salvation through sanctification^(B) by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

¹⁴ He gave himself for us^(A) to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession,^(B) eager to do good works.