1 Thessalonians 5:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

1 Thessalonians 5:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Thessalonians 5:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Thessalonians 5:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,”

1 Thessalonians 5:9 — World English Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

1 Thessalonians 5:9 — American Standard Version

1 Thessalonians 5:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,”

1 Thessalonians 5:9 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Thessalonians 5:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“becauseGod has not set us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ”

1 Thessalonians 5:9 — Darby Translation

1 Thessalonians 5:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“For God hath not appointed vs vnto wrath, but to obtaine saluation by the meanes of our Lord Iesus Christ,”

1 Thessalonians 5:9 — Geneva Bible

1 Thessalonians 5:9 in Context — 1 Thessalonians 5

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 an 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.

11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

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What Does 1 Thessalonians 5:9 Mean?

1 Thessalonians 5:9 is a verse from the Book of 1 Thessalonians, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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