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2 Thessalonians 2:13
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing 2 Thessalonians 2:13, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
13 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:
Cited by 7 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 2
- CF 3.6
As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they…
- CF 13.1
They who are effectually called and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through…
Testimony of the RPCNA 3
- T 2.8
The special work of the Holy Spirit is to apply to the elect the redeeming benefits of Christ’s atonement. The outward and ordinary means through which He…
- T 13.4
Sanctification is inseparably connected with justification, but is distinct from it. By justification the sinner is acquitted from condemnation; by…
- T 14.1
Saving faith is the gift of the triune God. It is the Father’s will that the elect should be united to Christ by faith. The Son, by His death, provided that…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 75
Sanctification is a work of God’s grace, whereby they whom God hath before the foundation of the world chosen to be holy, are in time through the powerful…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 35
Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin…
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
13 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:
14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cited by 4 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 10.1
All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, He is pleased in His appointed and accepted time effectually to call, by His Word and Spirit…
Larger Catechism 2
- LC 13
God, by an eternal and immutable decree, out of his mere love, for the praise of his glorious grace, to be manifested in due time, hath elected some angels to…
- LC 67
Effectual calling is the work of God’s almighty power and grace, whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 31
Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our…