35 But love your enemies, do what is good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High.(A) For he is gracious to the ungrateful and evil.

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35 But love your enemies, do good to them,(A) and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children(B) of the Most High,(C) because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

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Stand Firm

13 But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because from the beginning[a] God has chosen(A) you for salvation through sanctification(B) by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

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  1. 2:13 Other mss read because as a firstfruit

Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[a](B) to be saved(C) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(D) and through belief in the truth.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you

for the Lord disciplines the one he loves
and punishes every son he receives.[a](A)

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  1. 12:6 Pr 3:11–12

because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(A)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](B)

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  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)