Catholic Public Domain Version
"For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for the acquisition of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, "
— 1 Thessalonians 5:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,”
“For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ”
“For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,”
“For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“For God hath not appointed us unto wrath: but unto the purchasing of salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,”
“For God's purpose for us is not wrath, but salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,”
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,”
Therefore, let us not sleep, as the rest do. Instead, we should be vigilant and sober.
For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are inebriated, are inebriated in the night.
But we, who are of the daylight, should be sober, being clothed with the breastplate of faith and of charity and having, as a helmet, the hope of salvation.
For God has not appointed us for wrath, but for the acquisition of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
who died for us, so that, whether we watch, or whether we sleep, we may live in union with him.
Because of this, console one another and build up one another, just as you are doing.
And we ask you, brothers, to recognize those who labor among you, and who preside over you in the Lord, and who admonish you,