2 Timothy 1:9

Overview - 2 Timothy 1
1	Paul's love to Timothy, and the unfeigned faith which was in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother.
6	He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him;
8	to be stedfast and patient in persecution;
13	and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned of him.
15	Phygellus and Hermogenes, and such like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is highly commended.

2 Timothy 1:9  (King James Version)
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,