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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: |
But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, |
But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. |
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But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved (some, as His firstfruits) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. |
But we, brethren beloved by the Lord, ought and obligated [as those who are in debt] to give thanks always to God for you, because God chose you from the beginning as His firstfruits (first converts) for salvation through the sanctifying work of the [Holy] Spirit and [your] belief in (adherence to, trust in, and reliance on) the Truth. |
But as for us, we have a sense of moral obligation to be giving thanks to God always concerning you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you out [from the rest of mankind] for salvation, this choice being within the sphere of the setting-apart work of the Spirit and a belief of the truth, |
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But we must thank God continually for you, brothers, whom the Lord loves. He has chosen you as the first to be saved, to make you holy by the work of His Spirit and your own belief in the truth. |
We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit’s consecration of you and through your faith in the truth, |
But 1161 we 2249 are bound 3784 to give thanks 2168 alway 3842 to God 2316 for 4012 you, 5216 brethren 80 beloved 25 of 5259 the Lord, 2962 because 3754 God 2316 hath from 575 the beginning 746 chosen 138 you 5209 to 1519 salvation 4991 through 1722 sanctification 38 of the Spirit 4151 and 2532 belief 4102 of the truth: 225 |
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