For this is the will of God, even that ye should be holy, and that ye should abstain from fornication,

By the which will we are sanctified, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

according as he had chosen us in him through love, before the foundation of the world was laid, that we should be saints, and without blame before him, through love.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, unto the which God ordained us before, that we should walk in them.

and am surely certified of this, that he which began a good work in you shall go forth with it until the day of Jesus Christ,

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, for because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctifying of the spirit; And through believing the truth: whereunto he called you by our gospel, to obtain the glory that cometh of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.