Thematic Bible: Should be believed

They forbid people to get married and require them to avoid [eating] certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and [fully] know the truth. Verse ConceptsAsceticism, Teachings OfThankfulnessAbstinenceKnowing God's TruthThe Truth Of The GospelFood PermittedNot MarryingThanking God For FoodThose Who Had FaithUnmarriedWhat Else God CreatedThanksgiving And GratitudeEating MeatSame Sex MarriageThanksmarraigeveganismmatrimony

in order that all those who have not believed the truth, but have taken pleasure in wrongdoing, would be condemned. But we ought to thank God for you always, brothers [who are] dearly loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning [Note: Some manuscripts use the Greek word for "firstfruits" instead of "beginning" here, but it is difficult to know in what sense the Thessalonian Christians were "first"], in order to be saved through being set apart by the Holy Spirit and through belief of the truth [of the Gospel].