Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

General references

Bible References

We

2 Thessalonians 1:3
We ought to give thanks to God always concerning you, brothers, just as it is fitting, because your faith is flourishing and the love of each one of you all toward one another is increasing
Romans 1:8
First, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed in the whole world.
Romans 6:17
But thanks [be] to God that you were slaves of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart the pattern of teaching to which you were entrusted,

Beloved

2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given [us] eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,
Deuteronomy 33:12
Of Benjamin he said, "The beloved of Yahweh dwells {securely}, the Most High shields [all] around him, all the day, and between his shoulders he dwells."
2 Samuel 12:25
He sent [word] by the hand of Nathan the prophet, so he called him Jedidiah because of Yahweh.
Ezekiel 16:8
" 'And I passed by you, and I saw you, and look, {your time of lovemaking had come}, and [so] I spread out my hem over you, and I covered your nakedness, and I swore to you, and I entered into a covenant with you,' {declares} the Lord Yahweh, 'and {you became mine}.
Daniel 9:23
At the beginning of your pleas for mercy, a word went out, and [now] I have come to declare [it], for you [are] highly esteemed, and [so] consider the word and understand the vision.
Daniel 10:11
And he said to me, "Daniel, man beloved, pay attention to the words that I [am] speaking to you and {stand upright where you are}, for I have now been sent to you." And {while he was speaking} with me this word, I stood up trembling.
Romans 1:7
To all those in Rome who are loved by God, called [to be] saints. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as [the] chosen of God, holy and [dearly] loved, put on affection, compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience,
1 John 4:10
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son [to be the] propitiation for our sins.

From

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth--
Proverbs 8:23
From eternity, I was set up from [the] first, from the beginning of the earth.
Isaiah 46:10
who from [the] beginning declares [the] end, and from before, [things] that have not been done, who says, 'My plan shall stand,' and, 'I will accomplish all my wishes,'
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 8:44
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.
Hebrews 1:10
And, "You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of your hands;

Through

2 Thessalonians 2:10
and with every unrighteous deception against those who are perishing, in place of which they did not accept the love of the truth, so that they would be saved.
Luke 1:75
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and [for] sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Belief

John 8:45
But because I am telling the truth, you do not believe me.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 13:48
And [when] the Gentiles heard [this], they began to rejoice and to glorify the word of the Lord. And all those who were designated for eternal life believed.
Acts 15:9
And he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed [as] having been crucified?
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this [is] not from yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
Colossians 1:5
because of the hope reserved for you in heaven, which you have heard about beforehand in the word of truth, the gospel,
2 Timothy 2:15
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, a worker having no need to be ashamed, guiding the word of truth along a straight path.
2 Timothy 3:15
and that from childhood you have known the holy writings that are able [to make] you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
James 1:18
[By his] will he gave birth to us through the message of truth, so that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

General references

Luke 1:75
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
Acts 15:18
known from of old.'
Romans 9:16
Consequently therefore, {it does not depend on the} one who wills or on the one who runs, but on God who shows mercy.