1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to the acquisition of life, by our Lord Jesus the Messiah:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 might live together with him.
Cross References
Matthew 26:24And the Son of man goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed. It would have been better for that man, if he had not been born.
Acts 1:25that he should take part in this ministry and legateship, from which Judas broke away, that he might go to his own place.
Romans 9:11before her children were born, or: had done good or evil, the choice of God was predeclared; that it might stand, not of works, but of him who called.
Romans 11:30For as ye too were formerly disobedient to God, and have now obtained mercy, because of 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 →