2 Timothy 1:9

He is the one who saved us ¹  and called us with a holy calling, not based on ²  our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, ³ 

De 7:7,8; Isa 14:26,27; Mt 1:21; Mt 11:25,26; Lu 10:21; Joh 6:37; Joh 10:28,29; Joh 17:9; Joh 17:24; Ac 2:47; Ac 15:18; Ro 3:20; Ro 8:28,30; Ro 8:28; Ro 9:11; Ro 9:24; Ro 11:5,6; Ro 16:25; 1Co 1:18; 1Co 3:21,22; Eph 1:3; Eph 1:4; Eph 1:9,11; Eph 2:5,8; Eph 2:9; Eph 3:11; 1Th 4:7; 2Th 2:13,14; 1Ti 1:1; Tit 1:2; Tit 3:4,5; Tit 3:5; Heb 3:1; 1Pe 1:15,16; 1Pe 1:20; 1Pe 2:9; 1Pe 2:20,21; Re 13:8; Re 17:8

¹ tn More literally, “who saved us,” as a description of God in v. 8. Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

² tn Or “according to,” or “by.”

³ tn Grk “before eternal times.”