13 But xwe ought always to give thanks to God for you, ybrothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you zas the firstfruits1ato be saved, bthrough sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
Footnotes
[1]2:13Some manuscripts chose you from the beginning
2 according to bthe foreknowledge of God the Father, cin the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and dfor sprinkling with his blood: