1 Peter 1:2

A long time ago God, our Father, knew you and he picked you out to be in his family. His spirit picked you out from other people to make you his special people. You listened to Jesus’s words and you did whatever he said, so God made you good for himself. Jesus died and his blood came out, and it is like God put that blood of Jesus on you to make you clean. I’m asking God to be properly good to you, and to make you feel really happy and quiet inside yourselves.⋮