1 Thessalonians 5:9
because God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 should live together with him.
Cross References
Matthew 26:24The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of 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 1:25that he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place.
Romans 9:11(for they being not yet born, nor having done anything good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls),
Romans 11:30For as ye in times past disobeyed God, but now obtained mercy through their disobedience;
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 →