But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth;
God has the ability to foreknow many things, but He does not predestine our eternity either in heaven or hell. God does predestine the fact that the righteous will be saved and the wicked will be lost. He set up the classes of people for eternity, but He does not forcibly place us in a situation against our personal will.