1 Thessalonians 5:9
for God has not appointed us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
In Context
10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we might live together with him.
Cross References
Matthew 26:24The Son of man goes, as it is written of him; but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! It would have been good for that man, if he had not been born.
Acts 1:25that he may be appointed to this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
Romans 9:11(the children, indeed, having not yet been born, and having done neither good nor evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls,)
Romans 11:30For as you formerly did not believe God, but now have obtained mercy through their unbelief;
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 →