1 Thessalonians 5:9 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Thessalonians 5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.

1 Thessalonians 5:8 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.

1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Thessalonians 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "appointed", "wrath", "obtain", "salvation", "lord", "jesus", and "christ". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "appointed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "But let us who are of the..." into verse 10's "Who died for us that whether we...", so "hath" and "appointed" belong inside that flow. In 1 Thessalonians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "appointed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.