Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 1 Thessalonians 1:4
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1 Thessalonians1:4
4. Knowing--Forasmuch as we know.
your election of God--The Greek is rather, "beloved by God"; so Ro 1:7; 2Th 2:13. "Your election" means that God has elected you as individual believers to eternal life (Ro 11:5, 7; Col 3:12; 2Th 2:13).
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