1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Bible in Basic English
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 was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.
Cross References
Exodus 9:16But, for this very reason, I have kept you from destruction, to make clear to you my power, and so that my name may be honoured through all the earth.
Proverbs 16:4The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.
Matthew 26:24The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.
Acts 1:25To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.
Romans 9:11Before the children had come into existence, or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose and his selection might be effected, not by works, but by him whose purpose it is,
Romans 11:30For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
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 →