1 Thessalonians 5:9 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for the acquisition of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ For God has not appointed us to [incur His] wrath [He did not select us to condemn us], but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Common English Bible

⁹ God didn’t intend for us to suffer his wrath but rather to possess salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ For God hath not appointed us unto wrath, but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

English Standard Version 2016

⁹ For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:9 Cross References

Job 23:14

And when he fulfills his will in me, many other similar ones will also be present with him.

Exodus 9:16

But it was for this reason that I appointed you, so that I may reveal my strength by you, and so that my name may be described throughout all the earth.

Proverbs 16:4

The Lord has wrought all things because of himself. Likewise the impious is for the evil day.

Matthew 26:24

Indeed, the Son of man goes, just as it has been written about him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man will be betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had not been born."

Acts 1:20

For it has been written in the book of Psalms: 'Let their dwelling place be desolate and may there be no one who dwells within it,' and 'Let another take his episcopate.'

Acts 1:25

to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place."

Acts 13:48

Then the Gentiles, upon hearing this, were gladdened, and they were glorifying the Word of the Lord. And as many as believed were preordained to eternal life.

Romans 11:30

And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,

Romans 11:7

What is next? What Israel was seeking, he has not obtained. But the elect have obtained it. And truly, these others have been blinded,

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to the expectation of his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead), Jesus, who has rescued us from the approaching wrath.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be disturbed during these tribulations. For you yourselves know that we have been appointed to this.

1 Timothy 1:13

though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.

1 Timothy 1:16

But it was for this reason that I obtained mercy, so that in me as first, Christ Jesus would display all patience, for the instruction of those who would believe in him unto eternal life.

2 Timothy 2:10

I endure all things for this reason: for the sake of the elect, so that they, too, may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with heavenly glory.

1 Peter 2:10

Though in past times you were not a people, yet now you are the people of God. Though you had not obtained mercy, yet now you have obtained mercy.

1 Peter 2:8

and a stone of offense, and a rock of scandal, to those who are offended by the Word; neither do they believe, though they also have been built upon him.

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted an equal faith with us in the justice of our God and in our Savior Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:3

And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep.

Jude 1:4

For certain men entered unnoticed, who were written of beforehand unto this judgment: impious persons who are transforming the grace of our God into self-indulgence, and who are denying both the sole Ruler and our Lord Jesus Christ.