But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, that God has chosen you from the beginning to salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 2 Th. 2:13
elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by sanctification of the Spirit, unto the obedience and sprinkling of theblood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied. 1 Pet. 1:2