But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you as first fruits for salvation, by sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem).
and with every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they did not accept the love of the truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem) so as to be saved.
which has come to you. Just as in the entire world it is bearing fruit and growing, so also is it among you from the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem);
Both spring from the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of truth (alētheias | ἀληθείας | gen sg fem), the gospel,
What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth (alētheia | ἀληθείᾳ | dat sg fem), Christ is proclaimed; and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice.