2 by the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood See, you are elected to a very high privilege. You are chosen by God from before the foundation of the world, out of His free favor, that you should be a sanctified, obedient, and cleansed people. Since God has chosen you to this, do not give way to the world, but gird up your loins to contend with it. Do not be carried away with every novelty; be sober. Do not be downcast and dispirited, but bravely hope. May
1 Peter 1:2