1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
In Context
10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
Cross References
Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power to you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Acts 1:25to receive a portion in this ministry and apostleship that Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
Romans 9:11Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or evil, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Romans 11:30For just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received 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 →