2 Wathesalonike 2 : 13 2dThessalonians chapter 2 verse 13

Lakini imetupasa sisi kumshukuru Mungu sikuzote kwa ajili yenu, ndugu mliopendwa na Bwana, kwa kuwa Mungu amewachagua tangu mwanzo mpate wokovu, katika kutakaswa na Roho, na kuiamini kweli;
soma Mlango wa 2

But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;