1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
American Standard 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
10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Cross References
Exodus 9:16but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Proverbs 16:4Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Matthew 26:24The Son of man goeth, even as it is written of him: but woe unto that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had not been born.
Acts 1:25to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.
Romans 9:11for [the children] being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,
Romans 11:30For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by 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 →