² God ^(A)has not rejected His people whom He ^(B)foreknew. ^(C)Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

³ but if anyone loves God, he ^(A)is known by Him.

⁹ who ^(A)saved us and ^(B)called us with a holy ^(C)calling, ^(D)not according to our works, but according to His own ^(E)purpose and grace, which was granted to us in ^(F)Christ Jesus from ^(G)all eternity,

² according to the ^(A)foreknowledge of God the Father, ^(B)by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, ^[a]to ^(C)obey Jesus Christ and be ^(D)sprinkled with His blood: ^(E)May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

²⁰ For He was ^(A)foreknown before ^(B)the foundation of the world, but has ^(C)appeared ^[a]in these last times ^(D)for the sake of you