2 THESSALONIANS 2:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth — the divine election ('God chose you,' hairetizō) is oriented toward salvation and sanctification. The 'firstfruits' (aparche) suggests the eschatological harvest is underway. Spirit-wrought sanctification and belief in truth are inseparable.
Church Fathers on 2 Thessalonians 2:13
How unto salvation? By sanctifying you through the Spirit. For these are the things that are the efficient causes of our salvation. It is nowhere of works, nowhere of righteous deeds, but through belief of the truth. Here again, “in” is used for “through.” “And through sanctification of the Spirit,” he says,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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