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.

Note Or God has chosen you as the firstfruits

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
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:
KJV · King James Version
But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth,
WEB · World English Bible
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:
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

we
2 Thessalonians 1:3; Romans 1:8; Romans 6:17
beloved
2 Thessalonians 2:16; Deuteronomy 33:12; 2 Samuel 12:25; Jeremiah 31:3; Ezekiel 16:8; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:11, 19; Romans 1:7; Colossians 3:12; 1 John 4:10, 19
from
Genesis 1:1; Proverbs 8:23; Isaiah 46:10; John 1:1; John 8:44; Hebrews 1:10
chosen
Romans 8:33; Romans 9:11; Ephesians 1:4, 5; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Peter 1:2
through
2 Thessalonians 2:10, 12; Luke 1:75; 1 Peter 1:2–5
belief
John 8:45, 46; John 14:6; Acts 13:48; Acts 15:9; Galatians 3:1; Ephesians 2:8; Colossians 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:15; James 1:18