1 Thessalonians 5:9
because God did not put us forth unto wrath, but unto the obtainment of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 26:24Indeed the Son of man goeth, as has been written concerning Him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It was good for him if that man had never been born.
Acts 1:25to receive the place of this ministry and apostleship from which Judas departed to go into his own place.
Romans 9:11for the children not having been born, neither having done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election not of works, but of him that calleth,
Romans 11:30For as you at one time were disobedient to God, but now you have 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 →