2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought always to give thanks 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:
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
12that they may all be condemned, who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in iniquity.
14to which He hath called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Matthew Henry on 2 Thessalonians 2:2-13
Cautions against False Alarm. ( a. d. 52.) 1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means— From these words it appears that some among the Thessalonians had mistaken the apostle's meaning, in what he had written in his former epistle about the coming of Christ, by… Read the whole commentary →