^{13 Ref} And we -- we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,

^{14 Ref} to which He did call you through our good news, to the acquiring of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ;

^{15 Ref} so, then, brethren, stand ye fast, and hold the deliverances that ye were taught, whether through word, whether through our letter;

^{16 Ref} and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,