“But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2Thessalonians 2:13-14) Paul had to give thanks and as he put it always giving thanks for their salvation. Paul was writing from a Roman prison in collaboration with Silas and