Stand Firm

^13 (A)But we should always give thanks to God for you, ^(B)brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because ^(C)God has chosen you ^[a]from the beginning ^(D)for salvation ^[b](E)through sanctification ^[c]by the Spirit and faith in the truth. ¹⁴ It was for this He ^(F)called you through ^(G)our gospel, ^[d]that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ And even if our ^(A)gospel is ^(B)veiled, it is veiled ^[a]to ^(C)those who are perishing, ⁴ in whose case ^(D)the god of ^(E)this ^[b]world has ^(F)blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that ^[c]they will not see the ^(G)light of the gospel of the ^(H)glory of Christ, who is the ^(I)image of God.