1 Thessalonians 5:9
for God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Noyes 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
10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should together live with him.
Cross References
Proverbs 16:4The LORD hath ordained every thing for its end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Matthew 26:24The Son of man indeed goeth away, as it hath been written concerning him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Well were it for that man if he had not been born.
Acts 1:25to take the part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place.
Romans 9:11before the children were born, or had done any thing good or evil, to the end that God's purpose according to election might stand, not depending on works, but on the will of him that calleth,
Romans 11:30For as ye in times past were disobedient to God, but have 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 →