Parallel Verses New International Version For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. King James Bible For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Darby Bible Translation because God has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, World English Bible For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, Young's Literal Translation because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 Thessalonians 5:9 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleFor God hath not appointed us to wrath - So then it appears that some were appointed to wrath, εις οργην, to punishment; on this subject there can be no dispute. But who are they? When did this appointment take place? And for what cause? These are supposed to be "very difficult questions, and such as cannot receive a satisfactory answer; and the whole must be referred to the sovereignty of God." If we look carefully at the apostle's words, we shall find all these difficulties vanish. It is very obvious that, in the preceding verses, the apostle refers simply to the destruction of the Jewish polity, and to the terrible judgments which were about to fall on the Jews as a nation; therefore, they are the people who were appointed to wrath; and they were thus appointed, not from eternity, nor from any indefinite or remote time, but from that time in which they utterly rejected the offers of salvation made to them by Jesus Christ and his apostles; the privileges of their election were still continued to them, even after they had crucified the Lord of glory; for, when he gave commandment to his disciples to go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, he bade them begin at Jerusalem. They did so, and continued to offer salvation to them, till at last, being everywhere persecuted, and the whole nation appearing with one consent to reject the Gospel, the kingdom of God was wholly taken away from them, and the apostles turned to the Gentiles. Then God appointed them to wrath; and the cause of that appointment was their final and determined rejection of Christ and his Gospel. But even this appointment to wrath does not signify eternal damnation; nothing of the kind is intended in the word. Though we are sure that those who die in their sins can never see God, yet it is possible that many of those wretched Jews, during their calamities, and especially during the siege of their city, did turn unto the Lord who smote them, and found that salvation which he never denies to the sincere penitent. When the Jews were rejected, and appointed to wrath, then the Gentiles were elected, and appointed to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, whose Gospel they gladly received, and continue to prize; while the remnant of the Jews continue, in all places of their dispersion, the same irreconcilable and blasphemous opponents of the Gospel of Christ. On these accounts the election of the Gentiles and the reprobation of the Jews still continue. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge not. Exodus 9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, for to show in you my power... Proverbs 16:4 The LORD has made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. Matthew 26:24 The Son of man goes as it is written of him... Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord... obtain. 2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ... Library Sleep Not"Lord, when we leave the world and come to thee, How dull, how slur, are we! How backward! How prepost'rous is the motion Of our ungain devotion! Our thoughts are millstones, and our souls are lead, And our desires are dead: Our vows are fairly promis'd, faintly paid, Or broken, or not made. * * * * * * * Is the road fair, we loiter; clogged with mire, We stick or else retire; A lamb appeals a lion, and we fear Each bush we see's a bear. When our dull souls direct our thoughts to … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871 Fenelon -- the Saints Converse with God Getting Ready to Enter Canaan Exhortations to Christians as they are Children of God Cross References 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth. 2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. 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