For we know, brethren beloved by God, that he has chosen you;

For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we have no need to say anything.

hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them at last.

But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, just as we long to see you

For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

For God has not destined us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,