1 Thessalonians 5:9
Because God appointed us not for wrath, but for an acquired possession of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
In Context
10So that, whether we are awake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Cross References
Exodus 9:16But indeed for this cause I have raised thee up, to display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth.
Proverbs 16:4LORD has made everything for its own end, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Matthew 26:24The Son of man indeed goes as it is written about him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been born.
Acts 1:25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas transgressed to go to his own place.
Romans 9:11(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls),
Romans 11:30For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 5:7-11
Watchfulness and Sobriety. ( a. d. 51.) 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. On… Read the whole commentary →