For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,