^2 [a](A)God 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 appeals to God against Israel?

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

⁹ who has ^(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 given 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, to the ^(C)obedience of Jesus Christ and the ^(D)sprinkling of His blood: ^(E)May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

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